Wellcome Collection
The lake of Agnano. Etching, 16--.
Unknown artist
Lettering: Lacus Anianus. Lettering includes: "Charoneum antrum Grotta dei cani" (on the grotto), "Sudatorium S. Germani" (on the bath-house). Banderolle "Temerariis" (i.e. "For the foolhardy") amid the vapours emerging at the back of the grotto, where a skeleton representing death threatens to cast an arrow at those entering. On verso, text describing the subject (pp. 33-34).
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