Recto: A Roman Soldier Fighting one of Hannibal's Elephants; Verso: inscription relating to Pliny the Elder's Natural History, Book 8, ch.7, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk on laid paper, A group of fighting Romans is in the left foreground; three standing see a lying one. At right is the battle of the elephant with the soldier. A trunk is roughly outlined below. In the left background is a box in which Hannibal is seated surrounded by standing persons. In the right background are fighting soldiers at the beginning of a street., Netherlands, 1596 or before, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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Recto, Roman Soldier Fighting, Hannibal's Elephants, Verso, inscription relating, Pliny, Elder's Natural History, Book 8, ch.7, Jan van der Straet, Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown wash, black chalk, laid paper, group, fighting Romans, left foreground, three standing see, lying, right, battle, elephant, soldier, trunk, roughly outlined, left background, box, Hannibal, seated surrounded, standing persons, right background, fighting soldiers, street, Netherlands, 1596, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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