Sic fostis foneis magno stridore Elephantes Agmine coneniunt, capiuntur cuspidis ictu 

• Joannes Stradanus 

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  Philips Galle
• Copper engraving 
• Print signature 
• Jacht 

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  Oude prenten

Copper engraving by Philips Galle (1537-1612), after Joannes Stradanus (1523-1605), published in Antwerp ca.1578 in a series of prints about hunting. Depiction with an elephant in the foreground being attacked by five horsemen with spears. In the background a herd of elephants under palm trees and a group of hunters on horseback. With 2 lines of caption in Latin. Numbered at the bottom left of edition 5. Source: Rijksmuseum, 2015.

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