A Roman Soldier Fighting one of Hannibal's Elephants, pl. 7 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series
date: label: Date
content: 1596 or after
name: label: Designer
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Engraver
content: Karel van Mallery, Flemish, 1571 – 1635
label: Publisher
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: 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..."
place: label: made in
content: Netherlands
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1952-37-6
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 19.5 × 25.9 cm (7 11/16 × 10 3/16 in.)