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Griechische Götter und Heldengestalten nach antiken Bildwerken gezeichnet und erläutert. I - [XVIII Lfr.] / mit kunstgeschichtlicher Einleitung von C. von Lützow.

Left to right: Leander and Hero (in roundel), Iole and Hercules (in rectangle), Pan and Syrinx (in roundel), Cephalus and Aurora (in rectangle), Hermaphroditus joined with Salmacis (in roundel), Anchises and Venus (in rectangle), and Pan and Cupid (in roundel)

1 print : engraving, with etching ; sheet 63 x 96 cm

Rome, Palazzo Farnese: paintings of the loves of the gods by Annibale Carracci. Engraving by P. Bettelini and G. Volpato after A. Carracci, ca. 1800.

Photograph of two sculptures of the Ancient Greek Gods Aesculapius and Telesphorus at the Musee Lavigerie, now the Carthage National Museum, Tunisia. The photograph was received by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum from Captain Johnston-Saint on 25 June 1929. Captain Johnston-Saint was a Wellcome Historical Medical Museum employee who travelled extensively in Europe, the Middle East and India purchasing items for the museum.

Photographic library: "M" series

"M" series glass plate negatives: M0000002-M0000124

1 photograph sheet film negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

M0000072: Musii Lavigerie, Aesculapius and Telesphore, Carthage

Records a ceiling painting by Pierre Mignard in the palace of Versailles. Left foreround, Venus has a cloak thrown round her by Vulcan; a cupid has a brazier, while another offers her a garland. Centre: Juno, Jupiter and Hebe (?). far right, Mars. Right background, a group including Time and Neptune. Other figures around the perimeter step over the border in a trompe l'oeil effect

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image and lettering 22.1 x 27.7 cm

A gathering of the gods. Etching by C. Dupuis after P. Mignard.

Right, Jupiter on his throne watches while a woman (Juno?) and Cupid each puts to the yoke a pair of doves standing on the globe. They are watched by personifications of Peace (holding fasces), Concord (holding caduceus), and Plenty (holding cornucopia), and by gods including Vulcan with Neptune and Mercury with Saturn. Left, Mars (held by Venus), Apollo and Minerva chase away Discord, Rage, Envy and Deceit, represented as hostile to good government. Above are Scorpio and Libra as signs of the zodiac, Diana driving the chariot of the moon at upper left, and Bacchus with Ceres. Far right, two women being addressed by Juno, one of whom is identified in the lettering as Iris
The online catalogue of the Louvre interprets the doves as follows: "Jupiter et Junon, déesse du mariage, mettent l'Europe en repos par l'alliance de la France et de l'Espagne - dessein politique cher à la reine - que symbolisent deux couples de colombes, posées sur le globe du monde et reliées entre elles. Parmi les dieux de l'Olympe, la Paix au faisceau de flèches et la Concorde au caducée appuient le projet." They would therefore refer to the double marriage on 25 November 1615 of Elizabeth of France to the Prince of the Asturias (later King Philip IV) and of Anne of Austria to King Louis XIII

Gallerie du Palais du Luxembourg.

A council of the Olympian gods provides for good government of France under the regency of Marie de' Medici. Engraving by B. Picart, 1707, after J.M. Nattier after Sir P.P. Rubens.

1 print : engraving ; sheet 42.8 x 56.5 cm

The Olympian deities. Engraving after H. Goltzius (?).

Above, Jupiter in the sky. Centre, a council of the gods including Mercury, Mars, Diana and Neptune around a table on which are various seafoods. Among them, a young man (apparently Peleus) points up to Jupiter acknowledging the latter's gift of Thetis. Foreground, in the sea, are Thetis and Proteus. Right background, two magi wearing turbans, apparently representing the prophets who had predicted that Jupiter's son by Thetis would be greater than Jupiter himself

1 print : line engraving, with etching ; platemark 43.1 x 24.5 cm

Jupiter offers Thetis to Peleus, in order that her offspring may be not be greater than Jupiter himself. Engraving by J. Haussard, 1713, after E. Chéron Le Hay.

Empedocles, the extant fragments / edited with an introduction, commentary, and concordance by M.R. Wright.

1 print : line engraving ; image and border 28 x 54.5 cm

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Griechische Götter und Heldengestalten nach antiken Bildwerken gezeichnet und erläutert. I - [XVIII Lfr.] / mit kunstgeschichtlicher Einleitung von C. von Lützow.

Rome, Palazzo Farnese: paintings of the loves of the gods by Annibale Carracci. Engraving by P. Bettelini and G. Volpato after A. Carracci, ca. 1800.

M0000072: Musii Lavigerie, Aesculapius and Telesphore, Carthage

A gathering of the gods. Etching by C. Dupuis after P. Mignard.

A council of the Olympian gods provides for good government of France under the regency of Marie de' Medici. Engraving by B. Picart, 1707, after J.M. Nattier after Sir P.P. Rubens.

The Olympian deities. Engraving after H. Goltzius (?).

Jupiter offers Thetis to Peleus, in order that her offspring may be not be greater than Jupiter himself. Engraving by J. Haussard, 1713, after E. Chéron Le Hay.

Empedocles, the extant fragments / edited with an introduction, commentary, and concordance by M.R. Wright.

A council of the gods. Engraving by P. Aquila after G. Lanfranco.

Myths of Greece and Rome / By Jane Harrison.

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Griechische Götter und Heldengestalten nach antiken Bildwerken gezeichnet und erläutert. I - [XVIII Lfr.] / mit kunstgeschichtlicher Einleitung von C. von Lützow.

Rome, Palazzo Farnese: paintings of the loves of the gods by Annibale Carracci. Engraving by P. Bettelini and G. Volpato after A. Carracci, ca. 1800.

M0000072: Musii Lavigerie, Aesculapius and Telesphore, Carthage

A gathering of the gods. Etching by C. Dupuis after P. Mignard.

A council of the Olympian gods provides for good government of France under the regency of Marie de' Medici. Engraving by B. Picart, 1707, after J.M. Nattier after Sir P.P. Rubens.

The Olympian deities. Engraving after H. Goltzius (?).

Jupiter offers Thetis to Peleus, in order that her offspring may be not be greater than Jupiter himself. Engraving by J. Haussard, 1713, after E. Chéron Le Hay.

Empedocles, the extant fragments / edited with an introduction, commentary, and concordance by M.R. Wright.

A council of the gods. Engraving by P. Aquila after G. Lanfranco.

Myths of Greece and Rome / By Jane Harrison.

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