Roman god Amor riding a swan and attacking a dolphin with a trident. From an engraved cornelian gem owned by Ridolfino Venuti. Amor Cycno Insid Tridente Delphin Impetens in Corneol ap Rodulph Venuti. Copperplate engraving from Francesco Valesio, Antonio Gori and Ridolfino Venuti’s Academia Etrusca, Museum Cortonense in quo Vetera Monumenta, (Etruscan Academy or Museum of Cortona), Faustus Amideus, Rome, 1750.

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