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Anonymous, Italian, 16th century|Antonio Lafreri

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

1564
Engraving
40.5 × 26.3 cm (15.9 × 10.4 in)

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