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Engraving titled Priape: robed figures crowd around a statue on a pedestal, a figure reclines below, and two small statues on plinths appear beneath.

L'antiquité expliquée, et représentée en figures / [Bernard de Montfaucon].

An engraved plate titled Priape shows a crowd of robed figures dancing and gesturing around a statue on a tall pedestal, while a figure lies on the ground at lower center. Two small statues on plinths sit below: a nude male figure at left and a pillar-like herm at right.

Artist
Bernard de Montfaucon
Date
1719
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3213 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1719.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Priapo: multitud alrededor de una estatua, grabado de L'antiquité expliquée

Una lámina grabada titulada Priape muestra una multitud de figuras con túnica que bailan y gesticulan alrededor de una estatua sobre un pedestal alto, mientras una figura yace en el suelo en el centro inferior. Debajo aparecen dos estatuas pequeñas sobre plintos: a la izquierda, una figura masculina desnuda, y a la derecha, un hermes en forma de pilar.

Português: Priapo: multidão em torno de uma estátua, gravura de L'antiquité expliquée

Uma gravura intitulada Priape mostra uma multidão de figuras vestidas com túnicas que dançam e gesticulam em torno de uma estátua sobre um pedestal alto, enquanto uma figura jaz no chão, no centro inferior. Abaixo, duas estátuas pequenas sobre plintos: à esquerda, uma figura masculina nua, e à direita, um hermes em forma de pilar.

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