Bust of Maecenas, political advisor to Octavian

Gaius Cilnius Maecenas c. - e70 BC - " 8 BC, friend and political advisor to Octavian, who later reigned as Augustus. Signed by AVAOY in cornelian and dactylotheca. Maecenas in Cornel and Dactyl. From the collection of the antiquarian Charles Francis Greville. Mezzotint copperplate engraving by John Spilsbury from his Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems, John Boydell, London, 1785

Ancient History Antiquarian Augustus Charles Francis Greville Classical History Cornelian Dactylotheca Greek Myth John Boydell John Spilsbury Maecenas Mezzotint Octavian Roman Myth

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