Head of man, possibly Seleucus Nicator, wearing

Head of man wearing a cowskin cape with horns and hooves. Possibly Macedonian Greek general Seleucus Nicator, who was always represented in statues with the horns of a bull, denoting his strength. From a calcedony gem. Testa con Pelle di Toro in Capo. Copperplate engraving by Etienne Picart after Giovanni Angelo Canini from Iconografia, cioe disegni d'imagini de famosissimi monarchi, regi, filososi, poeti ed oratori dell Antichita, Drawings of images of famous monarchs, kings, philosophers, poets and orators of Antiquity, Ignatio de'Lazari, Rome, 1699

1699 17th Century Classical Mythology Etienne Picart Filososi Giovanni Angelo Canini Greek Myth Hooves Horns Iconografia Ignatio Delazari Macedonian Orator Poeti Ed Oratori Dell Antichita Regi Roman Myth

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