Drawing, A Roman Soldier Fighting Hannibal's Elephant

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus and published by Philips Galle and engraved by Karel van Mallery and subject: Pliny the Elder. It is dated ca .1596 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Various Donors. It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

10.3 x 13.8 cm (4 1/16 x 5 7/16 in. )

It is inscribed

Recto, inscribed in pen and ink: "aniballe / vestita arabi / A veste lungho" / "qua alcuna morti / Romani" / "tutti soldati morti / p[er] terra sino a 7" / "che sia tagliata / el nifalo / elifante magiore" Verso, inscribed in pen and ink: "Anibale fecce combatere tra loro parecchi Romani prigioni 7. / campovive uno e lo fecce gettar vive a un liofante prometten / doli se l' ammazzava lassarlo andar libro il Romano / amanazzo li elefante a solo a solo ma fu fatto morire da chavalleri da Anibale L[ibro] 8 cap - 7 - plinie"

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