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Drawing, The Roman Consul Attilius Regulus Fighting a Giant African Serpent
This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus and engraved by Cornelis Galle I and Karel van Mallery and published by Philips Galle and subject: Diodorus Siculus and Pliny the Elder. It is dated 1596 or before and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and brown wash on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
Its dimensions are
H x W: 7 × 10.7 cm (2 3/4 × 4 3/16 in.)
It is inscribed
Recto: inscribed in graphite in modern hand at upper right: "V43" Verso: inscribed in graphite in modern hand at upper right: "V45"
Cite this object as
Drawing, The Roman Consul Attilius Regulus Fighting a Giant African Serpent; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Engraved by Karel van Mallery, Cornelis Galle I; Published by Philips Galle (Flemish, 1537 - 1612); Subject: Pliny the Elder (Roman, 23 - 79 CE), Diodorus Siculus (Greek, 90bc – 30bc); Netherlands; pen and ink, brush and brown wash on paper; H x W: 7 × 10.7 cm (2 3/4 × 4 3/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-123
