Seven Sages--frontipiece from Vies des savants illustres by Figuier Louis--1866--Galica, Charles Laplante

The banquet of the seven sages of greece, engraved by charles laplante, frontispiece in the book vies des savants illustres, volume 1, by louis figuier, paris, 1866. Here, the seven consist of anacharsis, bias, chilon, pittacus, solon, thales, and aesop, whose image is derived from the ancient bust thought to represent aesop at the villa albani, rome. Date: 1866.