The bride Penelope in wedding veil with her pronuba or matron of honor. A paranymph conducts her to the groom’s house. From a vase discovered in Athens. Second marriage of Penelope. Seconde Nozze di Penelope. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso after Wagner from Giulio Ferrario’s Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1826.

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