Relief with Mithras kneeling upon a bull and driving a sword into its shoulder, at left two smaller standing figures, one holding a sheathed sword and one holding a sword, a frieze with chariots and serpents coiled around figures above

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century Italian

Publisher Antonio Lafreri French

1564

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Title: Relief with Mithras kneeling upon a bull and driving a sword into its shoulder, at left two smaller standing figures, one holding a sheathed sword and one holding a sword, a frieze with chariots and serpents coiled around figures above
Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 16th century
Publisher: Antonio Lafreri (French, Orgelet, Franche-Comte ca. 1512–1577 Rome)
Date: 1564
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Plate: 15 15/16 x 10 3/8 in. (40.5 x 26.3 cm)
Sheet: 19 5/16 x 13 1/16 in. (49 x 33.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Object Number: 2012.136.852
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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