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Heads of the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux. Twin half brothers borne of Leda, Castor the son of King Tyndareus, Pollux the son of Zeus. In crowns of wild olive leaves, Laconic caps with stars above their heads. From a bronze medal. Castore e Polluce. Copperplate engraving by Etienne Picart 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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Heads of the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux. Twin half brothers borne of Leda, Castor the son of King Tyndareus, Pollux the son of Zeus. In crowns of wild olive leaves, Laconic caps with stars above their heads. From a bronze medal. Castore e Polluce. Copperplate engraving by Etienne Picart 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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Image size:
4909 x 6539 px | 91.8 MB
Print size:
41.6 x 55.4 cm | 16.4 x 21.8 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1699 • 17TH CENTURY • 17TH • ADOLESCENT • ANCIENT WORLD • ANTIGUEDAD • ANTIQUITIES • ANTIQUITY • BOY • BRONZE MEDAL • CASTOR AND POLLUX • CASTOR • CASTORE E POLLUCE • CELEBRITIES • CELEBRITY • CHILD • CIOE DISEGNI D'IMAGINI DE FAMOSISSIMI MONARCHI • CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • CROWN • DIOSCURI • DRAWINGS • ETIENNE PICART • FAME • FAMOUS PEOPLE • FAMOUS • FEMALE • FILOSOSI • GEMINI • GIOVANNI ANGELO CANINI • GREEK MYTH • HALF BROTHERS • HEADS • HERO • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • ICONOGRAFIA • IGNATIO DELAZARI • IMAGE • JUPITER • JUVENILE • KING TYNDAREUS • KING • LACONIC CAPS • LEDA AND THE SWAN • LEDA • MALE • MASCULINE • MONARCH • MYTH: ROMAN • ORATOR • PHILOSOPHER • POET • POETI ED ORATORI DELL' ANTICHITA • POLLUX • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • REGI • ROMAN MYTH • ROME • SON • SPEAKER • STARS • TEENAGER • TWINS • WILD OLIVE LEAVES • WOMEN • XVII CENTURY • YOUNG • YOUTH
