The Roman Consul Attilius Regulus Fighting a Giant African Serpent, plate 25 in the Venationes Ferarum series, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Karel van Mallery, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Engraving on paper, Horizontal rectangle. The serpent is in the center of the composition, middle ground, surrounded by foot-soldiers and horsemen firing cannon and arrows at him. At lower left: 'Phls Galle excud.'; near lower right: 'Joan Stradanus inuent. / Car. de Mallery Sculp.' Below: 'ATTILIUS CONSUL ROMANUS.', Netherlands, 1596 or after, figures, Print

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