Daniel and the dragon History of Daniel (series title) Historia Danielis (...) (series title) Thesaurus sacrarum historiaru m veteris testame n ti, elega n tissimis imaginibus expressu m excelle n tissimoru m in hac arte viroru m opera: now n c primu m in luce m editus (series title), Daniel with King Cyrus at the dragon of Babylon, worshiped by the Babylonian people. Daniel refuses to worship the dragon and asks the king for permission to kill the dragon without a sword or stick. Daniel is ready to feed the dragon a cake of fat, tar and bones. Therefore the dragon will be torn open inside and die. Above the performance a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Dan. 14. Print is part of an album, Daniel gives food to the dragon, King Cyrus looking on, Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, Antwerp, 1579, paper, engraving, h 238 mm × w 327 mm