De Nederlandse leeuw zoekt hulp bij Willem III, 1672

Hercules and the Nemean Lion, from "The Labors of Hercules"

Antonio Tempesta

Five men fighting beasts, at lower left is a fallen boar

Master of the Die, After Giulio Romano

Five men fighting beasts, at lower left is a fallen boar

Master of the Die, After Giulio Romano, Antonio Salamanca

Allegory: Combat of Animals in the Presence of Man with Shield

Master of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist

Lions Attacking Two Men and a Horse

Attributed to James Ward

The Labors of Hercules: Bringing Cerberus from the Lower World

Gabriel Salmon

A lion atop a fallen horseman at right, with two other soldiers at left

Giovanni Battista Bonacina, After Ercole Procaccini II

Levi, from "The Twelve Patriarchs"

After Maarten van Heemskerck, Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert

Levi, from the series The Twelve Patriarchs

After Maarten van Heemskerck, Etched by Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert

Allegorical Theme: Combat of Animals

Master of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, Leonardo da Vinci

The Shipwrecked Alphone Rescues Lisamante from a Panther

After Andrea Sacchi

Hercules Strangling the Lion of Nimes

Joseph Nicolas Vicentini