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Two naked priests making a sacrifice to Mars, the Roman god of war. Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus in a lionskin holds a torch, his son Commodus passes a snake through flames at the altar with Corinthian helmet. From a cameo gem. Sacrificium in Cameo. Copperplate engraving from Francesco Valesio, Antonio Gori and Ridolfino Venutis Academia Etrusca, Museum Cortonense in quo Vetera Monumenta, (Etruscan Academy or Museum of Cortona), Faustus Amideus, Rome, 1750.
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Caption:
Two naked priests making a sacrifice to Mars, the Roman god of war. Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus in a lionskin holds a torch, his son Commodus passes a snake through flames at the altar with Corinthian helmet. From a cameo gem. Sacrificium in Cameo. Copperplate engraving from Francesco Valesio, Antonio Gori and Ridolfino Venutis Academia Etrusca, Museum Cortonense in quo Vetera Monumenta, (Etruscan Academy or Museum of Cortona), Faustus Amideus, Rome, 1750.
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Image size:
5094 x 6364 px | 92.7 MB
Print size:
43.1 x 53.9 cm | 17.0 x 21.2 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • 18TH • ACADEMIA ETRUSCA • ALTAR • ANIMAL: SNAKE • ANTONIO GORI • ARCHAEOLOGY • CAMEO • CARVING • CLASSIC • COMMODUS • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • CORINTHIAN HELMET • CORTONA • CULT • CULTURE • EMPEROR MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS • ETRURIA • ETRUSCAN ACADEMY • ETRUSCAN • FAUSTUS AMIDEUS • FLAMBEAU • FLAMES • FRANCESCO VALESIO • GEM (CAMEO) • GEM • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY • HUNDRED YEARS WAR • INTAGLIO • ITALIA • ITALY • LION MASK • LION SKIN • LIONSKIN • MARS (PLANET) • MARS • MARS, PLANET • MUSEUM CORTONENSE • MUSEUM OF CORTONA • MYTH • MYTHOLOGY • NAKED • NUDE • OFFERING • PLANET MARS • PRIEST • PRIESTS • REPTILE: SNAKE • RIDOLFINO VENUTI • RITE • RITUAL • ROMAN GOD • ROME • SACRIFICE • SACRIFICES • SACRIFICIUM IN CAMEO • SCULPTED • SCULPTURE • SNAKE SNAKE • SNAKE • SNAKES • SON • STATUE • STATUES • TORCH • VETERA MONUMENTA • WAR • WARFARE • WATER
