The Triumph of Two Roman Emperors (left-hand side) with a Roman Empero

A long engraved frieze of a triumphal procession moves from left to right. Armored and bare-chested men with a lion and a rearing horse crowd the left, while at right a horse pulls a spoked-wheeled chariot carrying a figure. A Latin dedication to Cardinal Barberini runs along the base.

Look closer: A small lion's head or paw sits low at the left edge beside the procession's feet.

Artist

Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia)

Date

1570–1615

Medium

Engraving

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3657 × 1451 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951