Queen of the Amazons with axe and shield

Portrait of a Queen of the Amazons, with left breast exposed, holding an axe and shield. Legendary female warriors from Greek myth. Amazonum Regina. Copperplate engraving by Pieter Bodart (1676-1712) from Henricus Spoor's Deorum et Heroum, Virorum et Mulierum Illustrium Imagines Antiquae Illustatae, Gods and Heroes, Men and Women, Illustrated with Antique Images, Petrum, Amsterdam, 1715. First published as FavissE utriusque antiquitatis tam RomanE quam GrEcE in 1707. Henricus Spoor was a Dutch physician, classical scholar, poet and writer, fl. 1694-1716

18th Century Amazons Antique Images Deorum Et Heroum Exposed Gods And Heroes Greek Myth Henricus Spoor Medallion Men And Women Pieter Bodart Roman Myth

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