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Engraving of Roman soldiers on horseback and on foot fighting a large coiled serpent in a wooded landscape, with a crowd of riders behind.

The Roman Consul Attilius Regulus Fighting a Giant Serpent

An engraving showing mounted Roman soldiers in armor and a figure on foot fighting a large coiled serpent in a wooded landscape. Horsemen with spears and bows crowd the background, and Latin inscriptions in the lower margin name Attilius Regulus and the serpent.

Artist
Jan van der Straet
Date
1596 or after
Medium
Engraving on paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
4000 × 3029 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (undated).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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