Cupids or genii playing music and games

Cupids or genii playing music and games.. Cupids or genii playing music and games. Above, cupids dancing while playing a 10-string lyre and crotales, a bronze percussion instrument. Below, three cupids play a game of pulling a stake from the ground. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own Antichita di Ercolano (Antiquities of Herculaneum), Rome, 1789

1789 Antichità Antiquities Cupids Ercolano Genii Herculaneum Lyre Percussion Piroli Stake Tommaso

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