Jupiter [Zeus]: the Verospi Jupiter. Engraving by F. Piranesi, 1781, after T. Piroli.

  • Piroli, Tommaso, approximately 1752-1824.
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1781
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11558i
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Jupiter [Zeus]: the Verospi Jupiter. Engraving by F. Piranesi, 1781, after T. Piroli. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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He holds the thunderbolt in his right hand and the sceptre in his left. The eagle appears on his left

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1781

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1 print : engraving

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Giove, col fulmine fulmine, collo scettro, e coll' aquila, coperto in parte dal pallio, già ammirato nel Palazzo Verospi, ed ora nel Museo Pio, e Clementino. Alla Santità di nostro gig.re Pio Sesto Pontefice Massimo, delle antichità investigatore vigilantissimo, e delle belle arti splendidissimo protettore, Francesco Piranesi D.D.D. Tommaso Piroli dis. Francesco Piranesi inc. 1781

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Wellcome Collection 11558i

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