Anacreon, Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and erotic poems, born BC, died aged 85 circa 490 BC. 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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