Mounted horsemen and soldiers in antique armour battling with a group of lions. Engraving by C. F. Le Tellier after P. P. Rubens.

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Mounted horsemen and soldiers in antique armour battling with a group of lions. Engraving by C. F. Le Tellier after P. P. Rubens.