Title: Prologue; the stage curtain is lifted to reveal a soldier on an elephant surrounded by his army; above Jupiter and his eagle look down on men carrying boulders; set design from 'La Monarchia Latina Trionfante'
Object type: Print, Fete, Ornament & Architecture
Date: 1678
Artist:  Mathäus Küsel 
Artist bio: German, 1621–1682
Artist nationality: German
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 11 3/4 × 16 7/8 in. (29.8 × 42.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Eagles, term: Theatre, term: Soldiers, term: Jupiter, term: Elephants, term: Stage Design