"Vita et Mors Hominis ex Fabulis et Mystica Antiquorum Philosophia"  Plate Nr. 66 - Left of a pair of copper etchings after the sculpture decorating the Column of Antoninus-Pius in Rome.  Allegorical scene of life and death. We see Minerva on the far left, Ceres with a cornucopia, Vulcan in his forge. Adam and Eve on the far right  This image was printed with a slant on the paper.  "Seguitur Mors Hominis ex Fabulis Mystica Antiquorum Philosophia"  Plate Nr. 67.
Ancient World, Italy, Rome, Column of Antoninus-Pius, Nemean Lion

Ancient World, Italy, Rome, Column of Antoninus-Pius, Nemean Lion

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"Vita et Mors Hominis ex Fabulis et Mystica Antiquorum Philosophia"

Plate Nr. 66 - Left of a pair of copper etchings after the sculpture decorating the Column of Antoninus-Pius in Rome.

Allegorical scene of life and death. We see Minerva on the far left, Ceres with a cornucopia, Vulcan in his forge. Adam and Eve on the far right

This image was printed with a slant on the paper.

"Seguitur Mors Hominis ex Fabulis Mystica Antiquorum Philosophia"

Plate Nr. 67. Right side of a pair of copper etchings after the sculpture decorating the Column of Antoninus-Pius in Rome.

Allegorical scene of life and death (continuation of the former plate). We see Hercules with bow and arrow (at left the skin of the Nemean lion), Prometheus, Mercury

Copper etchings by Pietro Santo Bartoli (1635-1700)

Published by Publishing and Printing Company Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi (1627-1691)

The name of the series: "Admiranda Romanorum Antiquitatum"

Published after de' Rossi's death in Rome, 1693

Same measurements for both images of the prints 16,7 x 46 cm (6.4 x 18.1")

The equal measurements would, if desired, make possible the juncture of the two prints

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Sequiar MORS HOMINIS EX FABVLIS ET MYSTICA ANTIQVORVM PHILOSOPHIA
AMOR FACEM ET AFFECTVS IN PECTORE DEMORTVI HOMINIS EXTINGVIT COROLLA FVNEBRE TENET PAPILIO ANIMA ESTA CORPORE SEIVNCTA MVLIER FVNEREA STAT PRAFICA SEDENS VOLVMEN TENET FACTA ET LAVDES DEFVNCTI RECESET Septica MERCVRIVS ANIMARY DVCTOR PVRGATA ANIMA IN FELICE REGIONE REDV CIT FROME THE VINCT CAVCASO AB AQVILA LACERATVR OVOD DE LVTO A SE EFFICTV HOMINE ANIMAVERITAB HERCVLE VERÒ LIBERATVR QVANDO ANIMA AB HVIVS VITA CVRIS SOLVITVR CVM POSTEA HERCVLES A PROME THEO VIAM DIDICERIT OVA TENDERET AD HESPERIDES HINCAATLAS CVM VIGILI DRACONE LVNA BIGA- by
Pr San Bart
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FOLLOW THE DEATH OF MAN FROM FABLES AND THE MYSTICAL PHILOSOPHY OF ANCIENT
LOVE EXTINCTS THE FACE AND AFFECTS IN THE CHEST OF A DEAD MAN, THE COROLLA FVNEBRE HOLDS THE BUTTERFLY SOUL IS SEIVNCTA THE BODY MVLIER FVNEREA STATES THE PROPHECY SITTING HOLDS THE ROLL HOLDS DONE AND LAVDES DEFVNCTI RECESET SEPTIC MERCVRIVS ANIMARY DVCTOR PVRGATA SOUL IN THE HAPPY REGION REDV CIT FROME THE VINCT CAVCASO AB AQVILA LACERATVR OVOD DE LVTO A SE EFFICTV HOME ANIMAVERITAB HERCVLE VERÒ LIBERATVR WHEN THE SOUL FROM HVIVS LIFE CVRIS SOLVITVR CVM AFTER HERCULES LEARNED THE WAY FROM PROME THEO OVA TENDERET TO HESPERIDES HINCAATLAS CVM VIGILI DRACONE LVNA BIGA- by
Pr. San Bart
J Aria Japan in a Camil Pepy

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