Caption:
Hannibal, Carthaginian general, c.247-183 BC. Son of Hamilcar Barca, commanded the forces of Carthage against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War. Profile of bearded man in crested helmet. Hannibal. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his LAcademia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.