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Vignette of two putti in laurel crowns holding an ouroboros over a human skull. Latin motto: Melior Defunere Vitam. Better to bury life. Copperplate engraving by Marcantonio Canini from Giovanni Angelo Canini's 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 deLazari, Rome, 1699.
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Vignette of two putti in laurel crowns holding an ouroboros over a human skull. Latin motto: Melior Defunere Vitam. Better to bury life. Copperplate engraving by Marcantonio Canini from Giovanni Angelo Canini's 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 deLazari, Rome, 1699.
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Image size:
7330 x 4557 px | 95.6 MB
Print size:
62.1 x 38.6 cm | 24.4 x 15.2 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1699 • 17TH CENTURY • ALLEGORY • ANCIENT WORLD • ANIMAL: SNAKE • ANTIGUEDAD • ANTIQUITIES • ANTIQUITY • BETTER TO BURY LIFE • CELEBRITY • CIOE DISEGNI D'IMAGINI DE FAMOSISSIMI MONARCHI • CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • DRAWINGS • FAME • FAMOUS • FILOSOSI • GIOVANNI ANGELO CANINI • GREEK MYTH • HERO • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY • HUMAN SKULL • ICONOGRAFIA • IGNATIO DELAZARI • IMAGE • KING • LATIN MOTTO • LAUREL CROWN • LAUREL WREATH • MARCANTONIO CANINI • MELIOR DEFUNERE VITAM • MONARCH • MYTH: ROMAN • ORATOR • OUROBOROS • PHILOSOPHER • POET • POETI ED ORATORI DELL' ANTICHITA • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • PUTTI • REGI • REPTILE: SNAKE • ROMAN MYTH • ROME • SNAKE SNAKE • SNAKE • SNAKES • SPEAKER • SYMBOLISM • UROBOROS • VIGNETTE
