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Castor and Pollux (Castur and Pultuce in Etruscan), twin sons of Leda, the Gemini or Dioscuri. Two naked youths in helmets holding spears. From an engraved cornelian gem. Castor et Pollux Incis in Corneola. Copperplate engraving from Francesco Valesio, Antonio Gori and Ridolfino Venutis Academia Etrusca, Museum Cortonense in quo Vetera Monumenta, (Etruscan Academy or Museum of Cortona), Faustus Amideus, Rome, 1750.

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Castor and Pollux (Castur and Pultuce in Etruscan), twin sons of Leda, the Gemini or Dioscuri. Two naked youths in helmets holding spears. From an engraved cornelian gem. Castor et Pollux Incis in Corneola. Copperplate engraving from Francesco Valesio, Antonio Gori and Ridolfino Venutis Academia Etrusca, Museum Cortonense in quo Vetera Monumenta, (Etruscan Academy or Museum of Cortona), Faustus Amideus, Rome, 1750.

Personalities:

FRANCESCO VALESIO

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Album / Florilegius

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4609 x 5783 px | 76.3 MB

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39.0 x 49.0 cm | 15.4 x 19.3 in (300 dpi)

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