Vulca of Veii

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Vulca of Veii was an Etruscan sculptor renowned in antiquity for creating some of the most important terracotta statuary in early Roman religious architecture.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Apulu of Veii 1
Vulca of Veii canonical 1
Vulca of Veii (attributed) 1

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Etruscan sculptor
person
activeIn Archaic period
late 6th century BC
artForm terracotta sculpture
artisticStyle Archaic Etruscan style
associatedWithCity Rome NERFINISHED
Veii NERFINISHED
commissionedBy Tarquinius Priscus (according to later tradition) NERFINISHED
Tarquinius Superbus (according to later tradition) NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Etruria NERFINISHED
culturalContext Etruscan art NERFINISHED
ethnicity Etruscan
gender male
historicity known only from literary sources
influenced early Roman sculpture
knownForWorkOn Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on the Capitoline Hill NERFINISHED
languageOfName Latinized form of an Etruscan name
legacy considered one of the earliest named artists in Roman tradition
materialUsed terracotta
mentionedBy Pliny the Elder NERFINISHED
nameVariant Vulca NERFINISHED
Vulca of Veii the sculptor NERFINISHED
notableFor early Roman religious architecture
terracotta statuary
occupation sculptor
placeOfOrigin Veii NERFINISHED
regionActive central Italy NERFINISHED
religiousContext Etruscan religion NERFINISHED
Roman state cult
sourceMention Pliny the Elder, Natural History NERFINISHED
specialization architectural terracotta decoration
large-scale cult statues

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apollo of Veii statue creator Vulca of Veii
subject surface form: Apollo of Veii
this entity surface form: Vulca of Veii (attributed)
Apollo of Veii alsoKnownAs Vulca of Veii
this entity surface form: Apulu of Veii