The apotheosis of Emperor Germanicus. It depicts Germanicus with his parents, Emperor Tiberius and Livia, sitting in triumph over conquered German men and women. Roman agate gem found in Sainte-Chapelle in Paris in 1620. Gemma detta della Santa Cappella. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by from Giulio Ferrario’s Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1844.

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