erotic depictions of the sexual escapes described by Suetonius in his book The Twelve Caesars
Pierre-François Hugues d’Hancarville: Monumens de la vie privee des douze cesars, d'apres une suite de pierres et medailles, gravees sous leur regne. Capri, Sabellius (= Nancy, Le Clerc) 1782; TitleAugustus rejecting the advances of a naked Fulvia, Mark Antony’s wife, and calling for his centurions. Copperplate engraving from Pierre-Francois d'Hancarville’s Monumens de la Vie Privee des Douze Cesars, Chez Sabellus, Capri (Monuments of the Private Lives of 12 Caesars, Leclerc, Nancy) 1780. From imaginary Spintria, medals and cameos.
Created: 1 January 1785
Copperplate engraving from
Pierre-Francois d'Hancarville’s Monumens de la Vie Privee des Douze
Cesars, Chez Sabellus, Capri (Monuments of the Private Lives of 12
Caesars, Leclerc, Nancy) 1780. From imaginary Spintria, medals and
cameos.
Pierre-François Hugues d’Hancarville: Monumens de la vie privee des douze cesars, d'apres une suite de pierres et medailles, gravees sous leur regne. Capri, Sabellius (= Nancy, Le Clerc) 1782; image of a fictive ancient Gem with an erotic motive
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