| Method | Copper engraving with hand colouring |
| Artist | Giovanni Battista Passeri |
| Published | Romae, MDCCLXX. Ex Typographio Johannis Zempel. [1770] |
| Dimensions | Image 268 x 150 mm, Plate 284 x 171 mm, Sheet 413 x 253 mm |
| Notes |
A depiction of a red-figure vase, with two panels below featuring details of its decoration, Plate 120 from Volume 2 of Passeri's Picturae Etruscorum in Vasculis Nunc Primum in Unum Collectae. The vase is probably a miniature hydria, of the type often called a calpis, used for carrying water. The bottom panel, depicting the back of the vase, shows a large palmette. The scene on the front of the vase depicts two figures, male and female. The male, naked apart from a length of cloth draped over his outstretched arm, leans on a forked staff and carries a situla, a deep bucket usually used for carrying lustral water. The woman, seated and dressed in a loose robe, holds a patera in her right arm, perhaps offering it to the approaching man, or preparing to pour a libation. Passeri's comments group this vase with a series of others that he identifies as featuring scenes of Bacchic initiation. Condition: Minor time toning and creasing to margins. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £80.00 |
| Stock ID | 39894 |