Antinous, lover of the Roman Emperor Hadrian

Antinous, Greek youth from Bithynia, c.111-130. Favourite and lover of the Roman Emperor Hadrian. From an engraved common nicolo gem. Antinous incis in Gemma Vulgo Niccolo. Copperplate engraving from Francesco Valesio, Antonio Gori and Ridolfino Venuti's Academia Etrusca, Museum Cortonense in quo Vetera Monumenta, (Etruscan Academy or Museum of Cortona), Faustus Amideus, Rome, 1750

18th Century Academia Etrusca Antinous Antonio Gori Bithynia Cortona Etruria Etruscan Etruscan Academy Faustus Amideus Favourite Francesco Valesio Homosexual Lgbtq Museum Cortonense Museum Of Cortona Nicolo Ridolfino Venuti Vetera Monumenta

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