Priest in peasant dress before an altar (perhaps to Priapus)

Priest in Roman peasant dress of hat, cloak, and sandals before an altar (perhaps to Priapus, rustic fertility god). From an engraved chalcedony gem in the collection of Ridolfino Venuti. Sacerdos Rusticus in Calce. ap Rodulph Venuti Corton. Copperplate engraving from Francesco Valesio, Antonio Gori and Ridolfino Venuti's Academia Etrusca, Museum Cortonense in quo Vetera Monumenta, (Etruscan Academy or Museum of Cortona), Faustus Amideus, Rome, 1750

18th Century Academia Etrusca Antonio Gori Chalcedony Cortona Etruria Etruscan Etruscan Academy Faustus Amideus Francesco Valesio Museum Cortonense Museum Of Cortona Priapus Ridolfino Venuti Rustic Sandals Vetera Monumenta

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