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.
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[1811?]
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2499247i
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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. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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

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[Milano] : [Presso li Fratt. Vallardi], [1811?]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 18.3 x 30 cm

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Lettering

1. Pozzo di gran mole ... .2. Conca con manico ... 3. Cenerario antico ... 4. Monument in terra cotta ... Roccheggiani fece Bears number: T. LXXVII

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Wellcome Collection 2499247i

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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)

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