A house with a Priapic street sign at Pompeii: interior and exterior views. Etching by F. Piranesi, 1804, after G.B. Piranesi.

  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
Date:
1804
Reference:
31075i
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Description

Below (Fig. I), a view of the house from the street with a central pier showing a phallus in a tabernacle, with graffiti below. Above (Fig. II) the same structure viwed from inside the house, showing a wall painted with two snakes approaching an altar from either side, and olive trees below

Publication/Creation

1804

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 36.6 x 52.5 cm

Lettering

Différentes coupes et elévations pour démontrer la partie intérieure et exterieure de la taverne ayant Priape pour enseigne dans la ville de Pompeïa. Dessiné par J.B. Piranesi. Gravé par F. Piranesi l'an 12 (1804). Bears number: Vol. I, Pl. XXVI

Reference

Wellcome Collection 31075i

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