Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Priapus Depicted with the Attributes of Mercury
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Priapus Depicted with the Attributes of Mercury
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Image View:
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Overall view of fresco fragment
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient) mosaicist)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) s.n.
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Location Note:
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Piazza Museo, 19
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GPS:
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+40.853378+14.250486
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Date:
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ca. 89 BCE-79 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Imperial (Roman)
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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pigment on plaster
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique)
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Subjects:
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deities; mythology (Classical); Mercury (Roman deity); Pompeii (Extinct city); erotic art
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Description:
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Fresco from Pompeii representing a Priapus/Mercury caricature. Now displayed in the Secret Cabinet (Gabinetto Segreto) of the museum. In Greek mythology, Priapus was a minor rustic fertility god, protector of livestock, fruit plants, gardens and male genitalia. He was best noted for his huge, permanently erect penis, which gave rise to the medical term priapism. Here he is also shown with winged sandals, caduceus and holding a sack, all attributes of Mercury. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-NAM-XC-PG-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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