Painting of cupids or genii playing discovered in Resina in 1748. The cupids play music on various instruments, such as a lyre and keyed flute, while other dance with long scepters. 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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