Two seats for Venus and Mars found in Resina in 1748. Two genii or cupids decorate the seat of Venus above with myrtle and a sceptre; while two genii decorate the seat of Mars below with a helmet; shield and laurel. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own 鈥楢ntichita di Ercolano' (Antiquities of Herculaneum); Rome; 1789. Italian artist and engraver Piroli (1752-1824) published six volumes between 1789 and 1807 documenting the murals and bronzes found in Heraculaneum and Pompeii.