A lion holding a butterfly in its mouth

A lion holding a butterfly in its mouth. The lion was attributed to Diana, Cybele, Ceres and Isis. From an engraved cornelian gem. Leo Papilion Ore Ferens in Corneol in Acad. Etrus. 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 Ceres Cornelian Cortona Cybele Etruria Etruscan Etruscan Academy Faustus Amideus Francesco Valesio Isis Museum Cortonense Museum Of Cortona Ridolfino Venuti Vetera Monumenta

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