Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

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Superb Nymph Figure with Javelin

PORTRAIT · p.327
Superb Nymph Figure with Javelin
From the 1499 Aldine first edition (University of Seville copy, via Internet Archive)

Full-length portrait of a beautiful nymph holding a javelin, standing in a classical pose.

In the Narrative

A striking single-figure portrait in the Cythera garden section, possibly representing Diana or one of Venus's attendant nymphs.

Source: LLM_ASSISTED · HIGH