Sacrifice to Priapus, Cristoforo di Geremia, model ca. 1470 (possibly cast 16th century

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Sacrifice to Priapus, model ca. 1470 (possibly cast 16th century), Copper alloy with dull brown patina., x cm, wt. g., Plaquettes, Cristoforo di Geremia (Italian, Mantua, active 1456–76), This plaquette is in the form of the cover of an all’antica oil lamp, decorated with three women offering sacrifices to an ithyphallic Priapus herm statue on a tripod altar. This work and the closely related Sacrifice to Cupid have been attributed to the Mantuan medalist Cristoforo di Geremia, who was active in Rome

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