Aspasia, born in Miletus, she moved to Athens and became famous for her relationship with the statesman Pericles, 5th century BC. In helmet adorned with four horses, Pegasus supporting a triple crest. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his L’Academia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.

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