Recto: Alexander the Great watching a Fight between his Dog, and Elephant, and a Lion; Verso: Verso: inscription relating to Pliny the Elder's Natural History, Book 8, ch. 61

Stradanus1596 or before

Alexander the Great watches from one of three boxes shown in the background. A foot of a dog is shown below, at right.

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Title: Recto: Alexander the Great watching a Fight between his Dog, and Elephant, and a Lion; Verso: Verso: inscription relating to Pliny the Elder's Natural History, Book 8, ch. 61
Creator: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
Date Created: 1596 or before
Location Created: Italy
Original Source: http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/9108
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and grey-brown wash on white laid paper
Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors

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