File:Drawing, Sketchbook Page with Romans Fighting an Elephant, ca. 1590 (CH 18110043).jpg

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English: Drawing, Sketchbook Page with Romans Fighting an Elephant, ca. 1590   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus
Title
English: Drawing, Sketchbook Page with Romans Fighting an Elephant, ca. 1590
Description
English: 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.
Date circa 1590
date QS:P571,+1590-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium pen and bistre ink, brush and wash on paper
Dimensions 10.3 x 13.8 cm (4 1/16 x 5 7/16 in. )
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1901-39-158
Credit line Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Notes
  • Type: Drawing
  • Inscribed: Struck out and written below fighting Romans in left foreground: "aba alcuni morti / Romani." Written under the elephant is: "E lilfante magiore;" under the trunk: "che sia togliata / el nifalo."

In left background under group is: "Vestita acchi / a vesti lungho." Struck out below soldiers in right background: "tutti soldati morti / per terra sino a/[girano]." Reverse: "Annibale fece combattere tra loro parecchi Romani prigioni [prigioneri] campoune/uno e lo fece gettar vine a un liofante prometten-/doli se l'ammazzano lasciano andar libro il Romano ammazza li elefante a solo a solo, ma fu fatto morire da / chavalleri da Annibale lbo 8 cap. 7 plinie."

  • Country: Netherlands
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