The so-called "Querini diptych" (after the name of one of its owners, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angelo_Maria_Querini&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Angelo Maria Querini (page does not exist)">Angelo Maria cardinal Querini</a>) is an ivory <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Diptych&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Diptych (page does not exist)">diptych</a> dating from the 5th century AD, belonging to the classicing and pagan Ancient Roman tradition. The valves show two couples of lovers from the pagan tradition, possibly <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Diana" class="mw-redirect" title="Diana">Diana</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Endymion" class="mw-redirect" title="Endymion">Endymion</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Phaedra" class="mw-redirect" title="Phaedra">Phaedra</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hippolytus" class="mw-redirect" title="Hippolytus">Hippolytus</a> (shown in this photo) . Exhibited in the archaeological <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Museo_di_Santa_Giulia_a_Brescia" class="mw-redirect" title="Museo di Santa Giulia a Brescia">Santa Giulia Museum, in Brescia</a>, Italy. Picture by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:G.dallorto" title="User:G.dallorto">Giovanni Dall'Orto</a>, June 25 2011.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:G.dallorto" title="User:G.dallorto">Giovanni Dall'Orto</a>.
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<span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>