Vignettes Depicting Animals from Ancient Wall Paintings by Enea Vico and printed by Antoine Lafréry, from the series Mirror of Roman Magnificence. Italy, 1547. Engraving. LACMA collection [3251×2278]
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Vignettes Depicting Animals from Ancient Wall Paintings by Enea Vico and printed by Antoine Lafréry, from the series Mirror of Roman Magnificence. Italy, 1547. Engraving. LACMA collection [3251×2278]
by oldspice75
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https://collections.lacma.org/node/688280
Elephants used to be ripped!
Doesn’t seem like a far cry from the animals we know today.
Dat flank
The elephant looks like a massively scaled-up cat.
Which would be freakin’ terrifying.
Some of these are recognizable as species, but one or two are mystifying. The one that intrigues me is the creature just above the wild boar, what is it supposed to be?
The lion reminds me of the other lion that was taxidermied.