An ornate stone frame in which four atlantes support an entablature on which a scholar and Hercules support the globe of the earth. Engraving, 1569.

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MDLXIX [1569]
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567364i
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An ornate stone frame in which four atlantes support an entablature on which a scholar and Hercules support the globe of the earth. Engraving, 1569. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The man on the left is identified as a scholar from the two books next to him, while Hercules is identified by his lion skin and club

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Romae : Formis Antonii Lafrerj, cum privilegio Sum. Pont, MDLXIX [1569]

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1 print : engraving ; platemark 24.5 x 16.5 cm

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Inlustrium viror. ut exstant in urbe expressi vultus

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Wellcome Collection 567364i

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