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Luperci, priests of the Lupercalia, in laurel wreaths, ancient Rome. One priest anoints the forehead of another with blood from the sacrificial knife in front of a statue of a satyr. In the background, naked Luperci run and strike young Romans with shaggy thongs or februa. Pretres Luperques chez les Romains. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by L. Labrousse, artist of Bordeaux, under the direction of Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Lantique Rome, ou description historique et pittoresque, Ancient Rome, or historical and picturesque description, Chez Deroy, Paris, 1796.

Luperci, priests of the Lupercalia, in laurel wreaths, ancient Rome. One priest anoints the forehead of another with blood from the sacrificial knife in front of a statue of a satyr. In the background, naked Luperci run and strike young Romans with shaggy thongs or februa. Pretres Luperques chez les Romains. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by L. Labrousse, artist of Bordeaux, under the direction of Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Lantique Rome, ou description historique et pittoresque, Ancient Rome, or historical and picturesque description, Chez Deroy, Paris, 1796.
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Luperci, priests of the Lupercalia, in laurel wreaths, ancient Rome. One priest anoints the forehead of another with blood from the sacrificial knife in front of a statue of a satyr. In the background, naked Luperci run and strike young Romans with shaggy thongs or februa. Pretres Luperques chez les Romains. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by L. Labrousse, artist of Bordeaux, under the direction of Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Lantique Rome, ou description historique et pittoresque, Ancient Rome, or historical and picturesque description, Chez Deroy, Paris, 1796.
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4935 x 6648 px | 93.9 MB
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41.8 x 56.3 cm | 16.4 x 22.2 in (300 dpi)
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