Mercury, the nymph Lara and heads of the Lares
Mercury and the nymph Lara on their way to Avernus. He raped her in the forest and she gave birth to two Lares. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789
Picture No
12481707
Media ID
45720063
Size
4475px x 5961px
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Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Florilegius Collection
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