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Apollo: Romans sent to consult the priests of Apollo at Delphi about an attack of the plague. Etching by J. de Longueil, 1769, after J.M. Moreau.

King Seleucus and Queen Stratonice are visiting Antiochus who is reclining on a daybed while his physician Erasistratus is taking his pulse. Engraving by J. de Longueil after C.P. Marillier, 1774.

Cupid, stung by a bee, complains to a woman representing Venus. Engraving by L.M. Halbou and J. Longueil after Giorgione (?).

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Longueil, Joseph de, 1730-1792

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Apollo: Romans sent to consult the priests of Apollo at Delphi about an attack of the plague. Etching by J. de Longueil, 1769, after J.M. Moreau.

Cupid, stung by a bee, complains to a woman representing Venus. Engraving by L.M. Halbou and J. Longueil after Giorgione (?).

King Seleucus and Queen Stratonice are visiting Antiochus who is reclining on a daybed while his physician Erasistratus is taking his pulse. Engraving by J. de Longueil after C.P. Marillier, 1774.