Emperor Julian as Graeco-Egyptian deity Serapis
Graeco-Egyptian deity Serapis in breastplate and modius headdress. Roman Emperor Julian (331-363) rejected Christianity and was depicted as the god Serapis in this engraved cornelian gem. Serapis Incis in Corneola. 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
Picture No
14014375
Media ID
45937951
Size
4612px x 5794px
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Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Italian school
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18th Century Academia Etrusca Antonio Gori Apostate Breastplate Coin Cornelian Corneola Cortona Etruria Etruscan Etruscan Academy Faustus Amideus Francesco Valesio Museum Cortonense Museum Of Cortona Ptolemaic Reject Ridolfino Venuti Sarapis Serapis Vetera Monumenta
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