Title: DII LARES (Guardian Deities).
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: DII LARES.
Dimensions: 2" x 2".
Publisher: per Thomam Guarinum.
Edition: Pierio Valeriano, Celio Agostino Curione. Hieroglyphica, sive, De sacris Aegyptiorum literis commentarii. (A study on hieroglyphics and their use in allegory).
Date: 1575.
Materials and Techniques: woodcut and letterpress on paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: page 40 in the edition 1575. (Numerous editions throughout the 16th century and later).
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Italian School XVI C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia. The Lares depicted wearing dog skins.