Vignettes of cupids or genii

Vignettes of cupids or genii.. Vignettes of cupids or genii. Above, a painting found in Resina in 1748 depicting the Genii of Apollo, one with a lyre in a chariot drawn by griffins led by another with a plate. Below, found in Resina in 1749, this painting shows a boy leaving offerings for a snake on a rustic altar inscribed GENIUS LOCI HUJUS MONTIS or the genius of this mountain. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own Antichita di Ercolano (Antiquities of Herculaneum), Rome, 1789

1748 1749 1789 Antichità Antiquities Chariot Cupids Ercolano Genii Genius Griffins Herculaneum Lyre Offerings Piroli Resina Rustic Tommaso Vignettes

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