An ornate stone frame in which four atlantes support an entablature on which a scholar and Hercules support the globe of the earth. Engraving, 1569.

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Achilles Statius

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An ornate stone frame in which four atlantes support an entablature on which a scholar and Hercules support the globe of the earth. Engraving, 1569.