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Svetovid — engraving


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"Svetovida Dio del Jole e della Guerra"

Svetovid, a Slavic military deity and the sun, was depicted as a four-faced god with a cornucopia and a bow in the temple. The priest predicts the future by observing the behavior of the white horse.

 

Technique, Material: Handcoloured copperplate engraving / Paper
Artist:   Engraver: Antonio Serantoni
Date, Publisher: Giulio Ferrario's,  "Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World", Florence, 1831.
Size: sheet  22,5 х 14,5 cm. 

 

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