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[Alexander the Great watching a fight between an elephant, a lion and a dog]

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Title

[Alexander the Great watching a fight between an elephant, a lion and a dog]

Engraver

Mallery, Karel van, 1571-c.1635

Inventor

Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605

Printer/Publisher

Galle, Philippe, 1537-1612

Medium

graphic

Edition/Print Statement

Edition Statement 3rd ; Print Statement2

Name of publisher

Phl.s Galle excud.

Place of publication

Antwerp

Date of publication

[1596-1612]

Physical description

1 print : engraving on sheet 197 x 262 mm (trimmed).

Materials

paper

Language

Latin

Country

Netherlands

Inscriptions

In lower right: "Ioan. Stradanus inuent. Carol. de Mallery sculp. Phl.s Galle excud."; In lower margin, in two columns each of two lines: "Magnus Alexander populo ... superatq. necatq. Leonem."; In lower margin, at left: "4."; In lower margin, at left: "IIII.".

Annotations

Pr. 4 of: Hunts and animal scenes, Galle, Johannes, Stampe.V.108(93-94, 99, 109)

Collectors' marks

Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Lugt 240c

Conservation

good

Personal Name

Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C

Topical Term

Elephants
Battles
Animals; Fighting
Lions
Dogs

Location

Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana

Fondo antico

Stampe.V.108(94)

Series

Link to mother card

Series' component

Stampe.V.108(93-94, 99, 109)

Album

Link to album description

Album's component

Stampe.V.108

Bibliography

The New Hollstein (Dutch and Flemish), Johannes Stradanus, Part 3, 2008, p. 178, 200, n. 469.

Link

Collectors' marks url

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