Simulacro di nuova venere

Fabbroni, Adamo, 1748-1816 · 1796 · Firenze : Per Gaet. Cambiagi stamp, gran Ducale · 2 pictures

An 1796 Florentine book by Adamo Fabbroni, printed by Gaetano Cambiagi, presenting engraved classical-style figures of mythological women for an educated readership. The pictures show draped female statues on pedestals beside a swan, with captions naming Venere Lamia and Leda, offering a designer restrained neoclassical figure poses, drapery lines and plinth-based compositions for elegant engraved layouts.

Seduction in art · Leda (Greek mythology) · Lamia (Greek mythology) · Seduction in art -- Early works to 1800 · Leda (Greek mythology) -- Early works to 1800 · Lamia (Greek mythology) -- Early works to 1800

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