Bust of Olympias, eldest daughter of king Neoptolemus I of Epirus, and mother of Alexander the Great. In diademata and crown of vine leaves and serpents, worn by Macedonian woman for Bacchic and Orphic rites. Olimpia. In cameo. Copperplate engraving by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi after Leonardo Agostini from Gemmae et Sculpturae Antiquae Depicti ab Leonardo Augustino Senesi, Abraham Blooteling, Amsterdam, 1685.

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