Statuette of Priapus
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Not on view at present
Where is “Statuette of Priapus” now? Collection: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- Source
- The museum
About the sculpture
Priapus was the god of fertility, gardens, plants, and vineyards. The god is typically depicted with an oversize phallus and basket of fruit. Statues and other representations of Priapus often decorated domestic garden spaces, serving as a protector, particularly for crops. Garden statues were frequently larger in size than this statuette and would have stood independely in the interior courtyard area (1).
Notes:
1. See an example in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston inv. RES.08.34a
Harvard Art Museums
Details
- Accession number
- 1992.256.206
In the catalog
Sources
- Harvard Art Museums
- Image: Harvard Art Museums — © President and Fellows of Harvard College
