Etruscan mimic dancers performing on a boat

Etruscan mimic dancers performing on a boat. Two naked dancers dance and wave sticks on deck. A man plays the aolus or Greek flute while a pilot holds the rudder. Birds stands on the river bank. From a cornelian gem in the collection of Ridolfiino Venuti. Saltatores Mimici in Corn ap Rodulph Venuti Corton. 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 Antonio Gori Cornelian Cortona Etruria Etruscan Etruscan Academy Faustus Amideus Francesco Valesio Mimic Museum Cortonense Museum Of Cortona Ridolfino Venuti Rudder Vetera Monumenta

Features In These Collections

> Contributors > FLO