Aries Gallery

Mars with the zodiac signs of Aries and Scorpio. Illustratio

De Sphaera (The Sphere). Astrological book of Lombard origin. Illustrated by Cristoforo de Predis (1440-1486), 1470. Representation of Mars with the zodiac signs of Aries and Scorpio, Giuseppe Campori Exhibition Hall. Estense Library. Modena. Italy

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Wild goat, Capra aegagrus, and mouflon of Corsica

Wild goat, Capra aegagrus, and mouflon of Corsica, Ovis aries orientalis. . Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Carnonkel, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History

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Jean-Baptiste Lindet

JEAN-BAPTISTE ROBERT LINDET French lawyer and revolution- ary statesman, accused by his enemies but acquitted in 1797 thanks to friends who respected his moderation. Date: 1743 - 1823

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