Wilton Album, folio 10a: Priapus and Lotis, Anonymous, Italian, 16th century, Based on a drawing attributed to Parmigianino
Wilton Album, folio 10a: Priapus and Lotis, ca. 1530–50, Etching, Sheet: 7 7/8 x 10 3/4 in. (20 x cm), Prints, Anonymous, Italian, 16th century, Based on a drawing attributed to Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma 1503–1540 Casalmaggiore), Based on a drawing attributed to Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli (Italian, Viadana ca. 1505–ca. 1570 Parma), Etching tentatively attributed to Bertoia (Jacopo Zanguidi) (Italian, Parma 1544–?1573 Caprarola (?)) by Diane De Grazia (1991), Priapus, the ithyphallic god of gardens and fertility and the incarnation of unbridled carnal lust, was a favorite character in the erotic poetry of antiquity and the Renaissance. Long believed to represent Apollo and Daphne, this print instead illustrates a scene from the story of Priapus and Lotis narrated in Ovid's Fasti (elegiac verses commemorating the rustic rituals and celebrations of the ancient Roman calendar) in which the fleeing nymph is transformed into a tree to avoid the rapacious god's advances
Size: 5098px × 3943px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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