Cameo rings, gold bauble and writing tools
Cameo rings with Pan and archer, golden bauble from a figure of a young Nero in the Villa Lante 2, cylindrical box to store papyri in a library 3, and a waxed tablet and stylus, writing tools of the Ancient Romans, from a painting in Herculaneum 4. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own 100 Plates of Costumes Religious, Civil and Military of the Ancient Egyptians, Etruscans, Greeks and Romans, Franzetti, Rome, 1802
Picture No
12492664
Media ID
45764991
Size
5903px x 4356px
(5.2MB)
Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Florilegius Collection
