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Source Description
This masterpiece of the Roman silversmith’s art is exquisitely worked in relief. The multifigure scene centers on a rustic shrine of the ithyphallic fertility god Priapus, son of Dionysos. He takes the form of a stylized boundary marker atop a column, where a woman seems to have brought him to life by touching him. To the left sits a table with votive offerings to the god. Flanking the shrine are a satyr and maenad, dancing ecstatically.
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142647
label
The Vicarello Goblet
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142647
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title
The Vicarello Goblet
description
This masterpiece of the Roman silversmith’s art is exquisitely worked in relief. The multifigure scene centers on a rustic shrine of the ithyphallic fertility god Priapus, son of Dionysos. He takes the form of a stylized boundary marker atop a column, where a woman seems to have brought him to life by touching him. To the left sits a table with votive offerings to the god. Flanking the shrine are a satyr and maenad, dancing ecstatically.
date
25 BCE–25 CE
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60742207
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Metalwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 12.2 x 7.8 cm (4 13/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
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Italy, Vicarello (ancient Aquae Apollinares), Roman, Augustan period
accession
1966.371
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The Vicarello Goblet, 25 BCE–25 CE. Italy, Vicarello (ancient Aquae Apollinares), Roman, Augustan period. Silver; overall: 12.2 x 7.8 cm (4 13/16 x 3 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1966.371
collection
GR - Roman
didYouKnow
This silver cup was found north of Rome at Vicarello (ancient Aquae Apollinares), probably in 1862.
citations
citation
Otto Jahn, <em>Archiologische Zeitung</em> XXV (Berlin, 1867).
page_number
pp. 78-82, pl. CCXXV
citation
Lièvre, Ed, Bracquemond, Courtry, and Flameng.<em> Works of Art in the Collections of England. Engr.</em> London: [s.n.], 1874.
page_number
pl XLVIII
citation
Reinach, Salomon.<em> Répertoire de reliefs grecs et romains.</em> Paris: E. Leroux, 1912.
page_number
II, 301
citation
Daremberg, Charles Victor, and Edm Saglio.<em> Dictionnaire des antiquités Grecques et Romains d'après les textes et les monuments. </em>Paris: Hachette, 1926.
page_number
IV, pt. 2, p. 1479
citation
Christie, Manson & Woods<em>. Important English, Continental and Islamic, Medieval, Renaissance and Other Works of Art</em>. 1966.
page_number
no. 12
citation
Cooney, John D. "The Vicarello Goblet." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 54, no. 2 (1967).
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 24
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 28
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 12
citation
Falkenstein-Wirth, Vera von. <em>Das Quellheiligtum von Vicarello (Aquae Apollinares): ein Kultort von der Bronzezeit bis zum Ende des Kaiserreichs. </em>Darmstadt: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 2011.
page_number
pp 246-247, fig 190-192
citation
Pearson, Stephanie. “KULTUS UND LUXUS IN POMPEJI: Zwei Silberbecher Mit Ägyptischer Dekoration.” <em>Antike Welt</em>, no. 6 (2019): 76–86.
page_number
Reproduced p.82, Mentioned p. 83
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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5228e6104c8141b899b36219521cade8
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2026-06-18 21:18:26.942000
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142647
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Greek and Roman Art
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GR - Roman
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