Ancient statue of two young men, Rome. Mistakenly identified as Phaedra, wife of Theseus, embracing her stepson Hyppolytus. Phaedrae et Hippolyti statua vetus marmorea. Copperplate engraving by Giovanni Battista Cannetti from Copperplates of the most beautiful ancient statues of Rome, Calcografia di piu belle statue antiche a Roma, engraved by Cannetti all'Arco della Ciambella, published by Gaetano Quojani, Rome, 1779.

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