Person; male; Engraver; printmaker; Italian; 1769-1841

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.

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Damiano Pernati

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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.