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A Roman Soldier Fighting one of Hannibal's Elephants, pl. 7 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Karel van Mallery, Stradanus1596 or after

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Horizontal rectangle. Public combat between armeed warriors and an elephant. All of the warriors have fallen, except one, who faces the elephant, his sword upraised. A portion of the elephant's trunk has been severed. Spectators in enclosures, right and rear. Left to center, below: "Ioan. Stradanus invent. / Carol de Mallery Sculp. / Phls Galle excud." Below: "ANNIBAL IN BELLO CAPTOS CONFLIGERE COGIT..."

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