Male head with Theseus cut, a classical hairstyle or tonsure

Male head with classical hairstyle or tonsure. Greek mullet style known as the Theseus cut. It was said that Theseus cut his forelocks and dedicated his hair to Apollo at Delphi. From a carnelian gem. Tonsura. Copperplate engraving by Guillaume Vallet 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 Carnelian Gem Classical Mythology Dedicated Delphi Filososi Giovanni Angelo Canini Greek Myth Guillaume Vallet Haircut Iconografia Ignatio Delazari Mullet Orator Poeti Ed Oratori Dell Antichita Regi Roman Myth Theseus Tonsure

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