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Circe (Mythological character)

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  • Circe sits with books and wand; to right, men transformed into animals. Etching by G.B. Castiglione, 165-.
  • Circe. Engraving by W. Sharp, 1780, after J. Boydell after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
  • Circe, Ulysses [Odysseus] and Mercury [Hermes]. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
  • Circe sits with books and wand; to right, men transformed into animals. Etching by G.B. Castiglione, 165-.
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    Circe, Ulysses [Odysseus] and Mercury [Hermes]. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.

    Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609. | Reference: 11481i
    Part of: Imagines farnesiani cubiculi
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    A naked woman holding two boars; representing Circe who transformed men into swine by depriving them of reason. Etching by D. Pernati after L. Sabatelli.

    Sabatelli, Luigi, 1772-1850. | Date: [1800?] | Reference: 647462i
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    Circe. Engraving by W. Sharp, 1780, after J. Boydell after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.

    Domenichino, 1581-1641. | Reference: 11380i
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    Circe sits with books and wand; to right, men transformed into animals. Etching by G.B. Castiglione, 165-.

    Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto, 1609-1664. | Date: [between 1650 and 1659?] | Reference: 37534i
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