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Sacrifice to Priapus
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Sacrifice to Priapus

anonymous · in or after c. 1530 · engraving; intaglio printmaking technique; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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In the middle stands the fertility god Priapus in the form of a herm. Around him satyrs and maenads dance. On the right Bacchus and a figure blowing a double horn. At the bottom of the herm a ram is sacrificed to Priapus. In the middle above a cartouche.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printmaenad(s), female bacchant(es)male bacchant(es)Priapus-hermsatyr(s) (in general)
Credit lineOffer aan Priapus. in or after c. 1530. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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