Two seats for Venus and Mars found in Resina in 1748. Two genii or cupids decorate the seat of Venus above with myrtle and a sceptre, while two genii decorate the seat of Mars below with a helmet, shield and laurel. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own "Antichita di Ercolano" (Antiquities of Herculaneum), Rome, 1789. Italian artist and engraver Piroli (1752-1824) published six volumes between 1789 and 1807 documenting the murals and bronzes found in Heraculaneum and Pompeii.

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Two seats for Venus and Mars found in Resina in 1748. Two genii or cupids decorate the seat of Venus above with myrtle and a sceptre, while two genii decorate the seat of Mars below with a helmet, shield and laurel. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own "Antichita di Ercolano" (Antiquities of Herculaneum), Rome, 1789. Italian artist and engraver Piroli (1752-1824) published six volumes between 1789 and 1807 documenting the murals and bronzes found in Heraculaneum and Pompeii.

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