Recto: Emperor Commodus Killing a Leopard; Verso: Sketch by Luigi Alamanni, and inscription in his hand relating to Herodianus' Historiae, I, 15, 6-7, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper, Horizontal rectangle. A tiger, broken out of his cage, where another one still lies, charges a man. Two others flee. The setting is an arena with crowded ranks. An arrow, shot my a man from the Imperial box, is moving toward the beast. Recto, vertically, top: a rough outlining sketch for the representation.

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