print
- Museum number
- 1947,0319.26.145
- Title
- Series: Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
- Description
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Allegorical representation; Mithras killing the sacred bull, symbolising spring; a dog drinking from the bull's wound and a scorpion attacking the bull's testicles; surrunded by other figures; after an antique representation of the Tauroctony of Mithras
Woodcut on blue paper
- Production date
- 1580-1599 (ca.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 332 millimetres
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Width: 242 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The print has been cropped and given additional margins.
See comment for 1947,0319.26
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1947
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1947,0319.26.145