The cover of the catalog "The Land between the Two Rivers, twenty years of Italian archaeology. The Mesopotamia of treasures".
Il Quadrante Edizioni, Turin 1985

The artist was inspired by the mask of Ishtar, the goddess of love and sexuality and, therefore, fertility; she is responsible for all life, but she is never a mother goddess. As a goddess of war, she is often shown winged and armed.

Ishtar's mask was digitally modified to paint the Ishtar diptych, in 2016.

From eyes open in amazement at the beauty of ancient times, to eyes closed as if not wanting to see the disasters of contemporary times