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A lion holding a butterfly in its mouth. The lion was attributed to Diana, Cybele, Ceres and Isis. From an engraved cornelian gem. Leo Papilion Ore Ferens in Corneol in Acad. Etrus. 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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A lion holding a butterfly in its mouth. The lion was attributed to Diana, Cybele, Ceres and Isis. From an engraved cornelian gem. Leo Papilion Ore Ferens in Corneol in Acad. Etrus. 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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FRANCESCO VALESIO

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Album / Florilegius

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4342 x 5723 px | 71.1 MB

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36.8 x 48.5 cm | 14.5 x 19.1 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • 18TH • ACAD. ETRUS. • ACADEMIA ETRUSCA • ANIMAL: LION • ANTONIO GORI • ARCHAEOLOGY • BUTTERFLY • CAMEO • CARNELIAN • CARNEOLE • CARVING • CERES • CLASSIC • CLASSICAL • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • CORNELIAN • CORNELION • CORNEOL • CORTONA • CULT • CULTURE • CYBELE • DIANA • ENGRAVED • ETRURIA • ETRUSCAN ACADEMY • ETRUSCAN • FAUSTUS AMIDEUS • FRANCESCO VALESIO • GEM (CAMEO) • GEM • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • INTAGLIO • ISIS • ITALIA • ITALY • LEO PAPILION ORE FERENS • LEO • LEON • LION • LIONS • MOUTH • MUSEUM CORTONENSE • MUSEUM OF CORTONA • MYTH • MYTHOLOGY • RIDOLFINO VENUTI • RITE • RITUAL • ROME • SCULPTED • SCULPTING • SCULPTURE • SCULPTURE. • STATUE • STATUES • VETERA MONUMENTA • WATER • XVIII CENTURY