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Pivati Gianfrancesco - Sacrifice Among the Mexicans - Etching on paper (1746/51) - Sacrifice of Mexicans, Deity chairs the hunting is a fine etching, hand-watercolored, realized by the engraver Gianfrancesco Pivati. This original print, representing the typical Mexican rites of human sacrifice and hunting, is from the series New Scientific and Curious Dictionary concerning the Sacred and the Profane, Tome VIII, Plate LXVI, published by Benedetto Milocco in Venice in 1746-1751, concerning the Uses and Costumes, Religious Rites of people. Perfect conditions, including passepartout (49 x 34 cm).