A mounted Amazon spearing a lion (or chimera)

A mounted Amazon impaling a lion (or chimera) with a spear. Woman warrior in helmet, breastplate, skirt and boots armed with a lance. From an engraved cornelian gem. Eques Leonem Impetens in Cor ap Can Regin Sellari Cort. 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 Amazon Antonio Gori Breastplate Chimera Cornelian Cortona Etruria Etruscan Etruscan Academy Faustus Amideus Francesco Valesio Museum Cortonense Museum Of Cortona Ridolfino Venuti Vetera Monumenta

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