Recto: Samson, having defeated the Philistines, drinks water from the jawbone of an ass, preliminary design for 'Spiritus Fortitudines' (The Spirit of Strength), plate 4 in 'The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit' print series. Verso: obscured inscription, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Brown ink and wash on paper, Horizontal rectangle. Female figure walking among the dead soldiers in a battle field. Upper right corner inscribed: FORTITUDINIS, Netherlands, 1595, figures, Drawing

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