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Head of Demosthenes. Either the Athenian general, died 413 BC, or the famous orator and statesman in ancient Athens, 384-322 BC. From a carnelian gem owned by Italian antiquary Giovanni Pietro Bellori. Demostene preteso. Copperplate engraving by Guillaume Vallet after Giovanni Angelo Canini from Iconografia, cioe disegni d'imagini de famosissimi monarchi, regi, filososi, poeti ed oratori dell' Antichita, Drawings of images of famous monarchs, kings, philosophers, poets and orators of Antiquity, Ignatio deLazari, Rome, 1699.

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Head of Demosthenes. Either the Athenian general, died 413 BC, or the famous orator and statesman in ancient Athens, 384-322 BC. From a carnelian gem owned by Italian antiquary Giovanni Pietro Bellori. Demostene preteso. Copperplate engraving by Guillaume Vallet after Giovanni Angelo Canini from Iconografia, cioe disegni d'imagini de famosissimi monarchi, regi, filososi, poeti ed oratori dell' Antichita, Drawings of images of famous monarchs, kings, philosophers, poets and orators of Antiquity, Ignatio deLazari, Rome, 1699.

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GUILLAUME VALLET • GIOVANNI ANGELO CANINI

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5071 x 6556 px | 95.1 MB

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42.9 x 55.5 cm | 16.9 x 21.9 in (300 dpi)

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