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Harpokrates (Egyptian deity)

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  • The child Papirius saluting Harpocrates as god of silence. Oil painting by a Spanish painter after O. Vaenius.
  • The child Papirius saluting Harpocrates as god of silence. Oil painting by a Spanish painter after O. Vaenius.
  • The child Papirius saluting Harpocrates as god of silence. Oil painting by a Spanish painter after O. Vaenius.
  • Harpocrates, god of silence, holding a Roman standard and holding his finger to his lips; behind him the child Papirius receives a crowd at the steps of his house. Etching by S. Mulinari after O. Vaenius.
  • The child Papirius saluting Harpocrates as god of silence. Oil painting by a Spanish painter after O. Vaenius.
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    Harpocrates, god of silence, holding a Roman standard and holding his finger to his lips; behind him the child Papirius receives a crowd at the steps of his house. Etching by S. Mulinari after O. Vaenius.

    Veen, Otto van, 1556-1629. | Date: [between 1700 and 1799] | Reference: 34373i
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    Harpocrates as god of silence. Engraving by F. Piranesi, 1783, after T. Piroli.

    Piroli, Tommaso, approximately 1752-1824. | Date: 1783 | Reference: 31160i
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    The child Papirius saluting Harpocrates as god of silence. Oil painting by a Spanish painter after O. Vaenius.

    Veen, Otto van, 1556-1629. | Reference: 44559i
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