Bust of an unknown woman in carnelian. Thought to be Hero, a priestess of Aphrodite beloved by Leander. Testa incognita. In corniola. 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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