Figure of Spes, Roman goddess of Hope, holding ears of wheat, Spes frugum or corn of hope, in her right hand. In onyx. Sperenza. In onice. Copperplate engraving by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi after Leonardo Agostini from Gemmae et Sculpturae Antiquae Depicti ab Leonardo Augustino Senesi, Abraham Blooteling, Amsterdam, 1685.

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