Vignettes of cupids or genii playing at hunting and racing. Above, a dynamic depiction of the Genius of the Hunt with spears, dogs and stags. Below, two genii race chariots pulled by dolphins in the sea - one seems to be asleep like the famous ferryman of Aeneas. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own "Antichita di Ercolano" (Antiquities of Herculaneum), Rome, 1789. Italian artist and engraver Piroli (1752-1824) published six volumes between 1789 and 1807 documenting the murals and bronzes found in Heraculaneum and Pompeii.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
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