The Roman Consul Attilius Regulus Fighting a Giant African Serpent, plate 25 in the Venationes Ferarum series

It takes a village to raise an object. Here are the people who've been involved with this one:

• Subject: Pliny the Elder
• Previously owned by Mrs. A. W. Erickson
• Donated by Mrs. A. W. Erickson
• Published by Philips Galle
• Engraved by Karel van Mallery
• Designed by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus