Vignettes of cupids or genii playing at hunting and racing

Vignettes of cupids or genii playing at hunting and racing.. Vignettes of cupids or genii playing at hunting and racing. Above, a dynamic depiction of the Genius of the Hunt with spears, dogs and stags. Below, two genii race chariots pulled by dolphins in the sea - one seems to be asleep like the famous ferryman of Aeneas. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own Antichita di Ercolano (Antiquities of Herculaneum), Rome, 1789

1789 Aeneas Antichità Antiquities Asleep Chariots Cupids Depiction Dolphins Dynamic Ercolano Ferryman Genii Genius Herculaneum Piroli Pulled Seems Spears Stags Tommaso Vignettes

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