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La favola di Circe : rappresentata in un antico greco bassorilievo di marmo

Venuti, Ridolfino, 1705-1763 · 1758 · In Roma : A spese di Fausto Amidei ... : Nella stamperia de' Bernabò, e Lazzarini · 6 pictures

An 1758 Roman book by the antiquary Ridolfino Venuti, printed in Rome for Fausto Amidei, explaining an ancient Greek marble bas-relief of Circe for scholars and collectors of classical antiquity. Its pictures are small engraved decorative pieces, including an initial letter with a seated armoured figure and a lion, a coat of arms held up by two winged putti, and a framed panel of ornamental scrollwork with birds and griffins, offering designers classical motifs, neat letter framing and heraldic ornament.

Circe (Greek mythology) · Bas-relief · Marble sculpture, Greek · Circe (Mythological character) -- Art -- Early works to 1800 · Circe (Mythological character) · Bas-relief -- Greece -- Early works to 1800 · Marble sculpture, Greek -- Early works to 1800 · Greece

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