Fortuna, Roman goddess of fortune, riding on a dolphin. The naked goddess, daughter of Oceanus, kneels precariously to keep her balance while holding a sail. From an engraved agate gem. Fortuna Delphino Insistens Incis in Achate. Copperplate engraving from Francesco Valesio, Antonio Gori and Ridolfino Venuti’s Academia Etrusca, Museum Cortonense in quo Vetera Monumenta, (Etruscan Academy or Museum of Cortona), Faustus Amideus, Rome, 1750.

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