Sacrificio di Priapo in vn' vaso di metallo giallo scavato nel' anno 1702 in Roma [graphic] : fra' il Circo Massimo & le Terme di Antonino Caracalla.
- Copyright Date:
- [not after 1797]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 13.6 x 18.5 cm
- Notes:
- Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, who included an impression of this print in an extra-illustrated copy of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole.
Possibly the same bronze vase that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Title etched at top of plate. - Abstract:
- Illustration of a bronze vase that was excavated in Rome in 1702. At center is a side view of the vase, with a depiction of a sacrifice to Priapus, which wraps around the back of the vase, expanded horizontally so that the entire scene is visible. In the lower left is a top view of the vase labeled "bocca del' vaso" and in the lower right a bottom view labeled "fondo dell' vaso."
- Topics:
- Priapus (Greek deity)--Pictorial works.
Vases. - Topics:
- Knight, William,---1847--Ownership.
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)--Art collections.
Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Ownership.
Walpole, Horace--1717-1797--Art collections. - Language:
- Italian
- Genre:
- Etchings--Italy--1797.
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Orbis Record:
- 13233283
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr16371
- OID:
- 16193207
- PID:
- digcoll:4047090
