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Bust of Olympias, eldest daughter of king Neoptolemus I of Epirus, and mother of Alexander the Great. In diademata and crown of vine leaves and serpents, worn by Macedonian woman for Bacchic and Orphic rites. Olimpia. In cameo. Copperplate engraving by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi after Leonardo Agostini from Gemmae et Sculpturae Antiquae Depicti ab Leonardo Augustino Senesi, Abraham Blooteling, Amsterdam, 1685.
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Bust of Olympias, eldest daughter of king Neoptolemus I of Epirus, and mother of Alexander the Great. In diademata and crown of vine leaves and serpents, worn by Macedonian woman for Bacchic and Orphic rites. Olimpia. In cameo. Copperplate engraving by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi after Leonardo Agostini from Gemmae et Sculpturae Antiquae Depicti ab Leonardo Augustino Senesi, Abraham Blooteling, Amsterdam, 1685.
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Image size:
4802 x 6635 px | 91.2 MB
Print size:
40.7 x 56.2 cm | 16.0 x 22.1 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1685 • ABRAHAM BLOOTELING • ALEXANDER THE GREAT • AMSTERDAM • ANTIQUE GEM • ART • ARTS • BACCHIC • BUST (SCULPTURE) • BUST • CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • CROWN • CULT • DEPICTI AB LEONARDO AUGUSTINO SENESI • DIADEMATA • ELDEST DAUGHTER • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • EPIRUS • ETCHING • GEMMAE ET SCULPTURAE ANTIQUAE • GEMSTONE • GIOVANNI BATTISTA GALESTRUZZI • HERM, BUST • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • IN CAMEO • KING NEOPTOLEMUS I • LEGEND • LEONARDO AGOSTINI • MACEDONIAN WOMEN • MOTHER • MUM • MYTH • MYTHOLOGY • OLIMPIA • OLYMPIAS • ORPHIC RITES • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • PRINT • PROFILE • RELIGION • RITE • RITUAL • ROMAN • ROMANO • SCULPTED • SCULPTURE • SERPENTS • VINE LEAVES • WATER
