Death of the Woman of Sestos, from Pliny's Natural History, Book 10, ch. 6; below: inscription listing animals featured in a series of hunting images, and list of clothing items, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen and ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper, Cremation taking place in the center of the composition. Figures seated and standing in foreground. The eagle that has been reared by the dead Woman of Sestos throws itself on her funeral pyre and is consumed with her body. From Pliny the Elder, Natural History Book X, ch 6., Italy, ca. 1600, figures, Drawing

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