A well head carved with fish motifs, a metal ladle with a snake-handle, a funerary urn, and a terracotta relief of the caduceus and other objects. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.
- Roccheggiani, Lorenzo, active 1804-1817.
- Date:
- [1811?]
- Reference:
- 2499247i
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Description
According to the lettering, the well head was dedicated to Neptune and used for drawing water for sacrifices; it was formerly in the Villa Farnesina, Rome, as was the funerary urn. The ladle was formerly in the museum of Athanasius Kircher. The terracotta reliefs were of symbols of the god Mercury
Publication/Creation
[Milano] : [Presso li Fratt. Vallardi], [1811?]
Physical description
1 print : etching ; platemark 18.3 x 30 cm
Contributors
Lettering
1. Pozzo di gran mole ... .2. Conca con manico ... 3. Cenerario antico ... 4. Monument in terra cotta ... Roccheggiani fece
Bears number: T. LXXVII
Creator/production credits
Roccheggiani designed and executed etchings in which lost antiquities shown in ancient bas-reliefs etc. were reconstructed as if they were the originals. They are shown together with other antiquities that had survived in museums or in private collections (often exported from Rome and thus no longer available there)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2499247i
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Location Status Access Closed stores