Portrait of Penthesilea, Queen of the Amazons

Portrait of Penthesilea, Queen of the Amazons, with royal diadem, left breast exposed, holding an axe and shield. Sister of Hippolyta, Antiope and Melanippe, of the female warrior tribe. From an ancient glass paste fragment. Regina delle Amazoni. 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 Amazons Antiope Classical Mythology Exposed Filososi Fragment Giovanni Angelo Canini Greek Myth Guillaume Vallet Heroine Hippolyta Iconografia Ignatio Delazari Orator Penthesilea Poeti Ed Oratori Dell Antichita Regi Roman Myth Royal Diadem

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