Enciclopedia Cattolica

Plate I · Genius

Vol. VI (1951) · full-page plate
Above left: CUPID WHO LEANS A LADDER AGAINST A BRANCH OF A CHERRY TREE. Roman painting (1st cent.) from a Roman house of Villa Rospigliosi - Rome, Museo nazionale romano. Above right: CUPIDS WITH THE "PEDUM" AND RIBBONS. Detail of the frescoed vault of the hypogeum, called of the Flavians (2nd cent.) - Rome, Cemetery of Domitilla. Below left: FUNERARY GENIUS WITH INVERTED TORCH. Side of the sarcophagus of Salona (4th cent.) - Split, Museum. Below right: FUNERARY GENIUS WITH INVERTED TORCH. Sculpture by Wiligelmo on the facade of the Cathedral of Modena (12th cent.).
(fot. Gab. fot. naz.)
Plate I
(da Wilpert. Pitture, tav. 2)
Plate I
(da Wilpert. Sarcofagi, tav. 132)
Plate I
(fot. Orlandini)
Above left: CUPID WHO LEANS A LADDER AGAINST A BRANCH OF A CHERRY TREE. Roman painting (1st cent.) from a Roman house of Villa Rospigliosi - Rome, Museo nazionale romano. Above right: CUPIDS WITH THE "PEDUM" AND RIBBONS. Detail of the frescoed vault of the hypogeum, called of the Flavians (2nd cent.) - Rome, Cemetery of Domitilla. Below left: FUNERARY GENIUS WITH INVERTED TORCH. Side of the sarcophagus of Salona (4th cent.) - Split, Museum. Below right: FUNERARY GENIUS WITH INVERTED TORCH. Sculpture by Wiligelmo on the facade of the Cathedral of Modena (12th cent.).

Entry: Genius

Also cited in: Genii and Amores

See the printed page (Internet Archive)

Save articles

Enter your email and we will send you a sign-in link. No password. Your saved articles follow you to any device.