Castor, one of twin half-brothers in Greek and Roman mythology, known together as the Dioscuri. Brother to Pollux or Polydeuces, son of Zeus or Tyndareus and Leda. Castor. Copperplate engraving by Johannes Franck 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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