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Parnassus, Mount (Greece)
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The personification of the art of painting, supported by Cardinal Girolamo Buonvisi, arrives on a triumphal car at Mount Parnassus where she is greeted by the muses. Etching by P. Testa, ca. 1642.
Testa, Pietro, 1611-1650.Date: 1642Reference: 3162929i
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A man in a Roman helmet (or Minerva?) leads two children up a hill towards two temples; representing the learning of words and spelling. Engraving by W.C. Wrankmore after T. Stothard.
Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834.Date: 1836Reference: 28973i