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Egyptian chimera in black agate. A hybrid animal with bull and lion parts. The bull was the symbol of the Egyptian god Apis or Ptah, the lion Osiris. Animale egitio in agata nera. 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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Egyptian chimera in black agate. A hybrid animal with bull and lion parts. The bull was the symbol of the Egyptian god Apis or Ptah, the lion Osiris. Animale egitio in agata nera. 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:
4548 x 6388 px | 83.1 MB
Print size:
38.5 x 54.1 cm | 15.2 x 21.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1685 • ABRAHAM BLOOTELING • AGATA NERA • AMSTERDAM • ANIMAL • ANIMAL: LION • ANIMALE EGITIO • ANIMALS • ANTIQUE GEM • APIS • ART • ARTS • BLACK AGATE • BULL • CHIMERA • CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • CULT • DEPICTI AB LEONARDO AUGUSTINO SENESI • EGYPT • EGYPTIAN • EGYPTIANS • EMBLEM • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • GEMMAE ET SCULPTURAE ANTIQUAE • GEMSTONE • GIOVANNI BATTISTA GALESTRUZZI • GOD • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • HYBRID • LEGEND • LEO • LEON • LEONARDO AGOSTINI • LION • LIONS • MYTH • MYTHOLOGY • OSIRIS • PRINT • PTAH • RELIGION • RITE • RITUAL • ROMAN • ROMANO • SCULPTED • SCULPTING • SCULPTURE • SCULPTURE. • SIMBOLOS • SYMBOL • SYMBOLS • WATER
