Furietti Centaurs
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The Furietti Centaurs are a pair of celebrated Roman marble sculptures depicting an old and a young centaur, renowned for their expressive contrast of suffering and joy and their influence on later classical art collections.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman sculpture pair
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classical sculpture ⓘ marble sculpture ⓘ |
| acquisitionMethod | confiscated from Furietti’s collection for the Capitoline Museums ⓘ |
| approximateDate | 2nd century CE ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
important for study of Roman taste for Hellenistic pathos
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key example of Roman copies of Greek originals ⓘ |
| artMovement | Roman Imperial art ⓘ |
| basedOn | Hellenistic Greek originals ⓘ |
| collection | Musei Capitolini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentCity | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictionType | freestanding statuary group ⓘ |
| depicts |
centaur
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old centaur ⓘ young centaur ⓘ |
| discoveredAt | Hadrian’s Villa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 1736 ⓘ |
| genre | mythological sculpture ⓘ |
| hasInscription |
signature of Aristeas of Aphrodisias
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signature of Papias of Aphrodisias ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Old Furietti Centaur
NERFINISHED
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Young Furietti Centaur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iconography |
Dionysian imagery
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erotic and bacchic themes ⓘ |
| influenced |
18th-century casts and replicas across Europe
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18th-century classical art collections ⓘ neoclassical sculpture collecting ⓘ |
| inscriptionLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| location |
Capitoline Museums
NERFINISHED
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Rome ⓘ |
| materialUsed | marble ⓘ |
| museumCollection | Capitoline Museums, Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expressive contrast of suffering and joy
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highly finished Hellenistic style ⓘ |
| originallyFrom | Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownerAtDiscovery | Pope Benedict XIV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTheme | Dionysian revelry and its consequences ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Capitoline Centaur type NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sculptor |
Aristeas of Aphrodisias
NERFINISHED
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Papias of Aphrodisias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stylePeriod | Hadrianic period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | contrast between youthful pleasure and aged suffering ⓘ |
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