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Elephant battling chimeras

Elephant battling chimeras
1594
plate 12 from the Fighting chimeras and scenes to Aesop's Fables suite 1594

Medium
engraving
Measurements
2.9 × 5.8 cm (image) 3.1 × 5.8 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark) 7.1 × 12.4 cm (support)
Place/s of Execution
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 232 ii/ii; Le Blanc 118; Hollstein IV.256-267; Wurzbach 71
Edition
2nd of 2 states
Printing/Publishing
published by Ahasuerus van Londerseel, Amsterdam
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.r.: NB (monogram) (in a square)
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: 1594
printed in ink (in image) l.c.r.: 12
Accession Number
1278.185-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Animals Fantasy
Subjects (specific)
animal art bird (animal) chimeras composite animals creatures elephant (animal) fighting