Two men fighting while animals sit in pairs placidly watching; an allegory of man's ability to fight his own kind. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563.

Date:
[1563]
Reference:
26267i
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Publication/Creation

[Antwerp] : Philipp Galle, [1563]

Physical description

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 18.7 x 23.9 cm

Lettering

Nec nisi diverso generifera bella leones,/ Immanésve cient ursi: at furiosa nocendi/ Mutuum in exitium mortalibus arma cupido/ Suggerit, & dextras studet incestare cruore. P. Gal. ... Bears number: VI

Notes

One of a series of six engravings on the infirmities and sufferings of mankind (frame nos. 7805-7810)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 26267i

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