Europe as depicted by the ancients. Europe kidnapped by a bull from a mural in the tomb of the Nasoni family, Rome 1, as a nymph on a bull from a cameo 2, and as a nymph among cupids and nereids from a cameo in the Brandenburg Treasury 3. L’Europa rappresentata dagli Antichi. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrario’s Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1842.

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