Ficoroni Cista - cista
CensusID: 10033746
Alias
Bronze Cylindrical Box
Amykos
Argonauts
Location
Roma, Villa Giulia
Inventory no. inv. 24787
Description
Class
Type
kunstgewerbe (applied arts)
cista
vessel
Material
bronze
Present Condition intact
restored
Original
yes
Number
01
Descriptive Details cylindrical box
bronze cista
engraving
figures on lid, 3
Satyr, 2
ithyphallic
Dionysos (?)
deceased
hunt
lions
gryphons
griffins
incised figured decoration on sides
decoration bands, 2
at base with engraved band of confronted sphinxes
and palmettes
at crown with double interlace of lilies and palmettes,
standing and hanging
main scene,1
figures, about 19
male, (?)
female, (?)
winged
draped
nude
tree
pinioned male
bound
boxing match
mythological
sphinx
Amykos
Gorgo
Meleager
Pollux
Polydeukes
Athena
Nike
Argonauts
Eros
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Iolaos
feet, 3
lions' paws set on frogs
with relief attachment plaques, 3
showing groups of figures, 3
Hercules
winged male
sitting male
Dimensions
Inscription (Latin):
Novios Plautios med Romai fecid
Dindia Macolnia fileai dedit
height with lid: 77 cm
height without lid: 59 cm
diameter: 38 cm
History
Date of Creation
Style
Artist(s)/Creator(s)
Preservation Event(s)
340-320 BC, around
Etruscan
Novios Plautios
Date
1738-1743
Action excavated
Note(s) in Palestrina
Date
Action
Person responsible
Note(s)
unknown
restored
unknown
one foot
Provenance
Provenance Event(s) Date
Location
Note(s)
1738-1743
Palestrina
excavated
Date
1738-1913
Location Roma, Collegio Romano
Person
Ficoroni, Francesco De'
responsible
Note(s)
donated by Ficoroni to the museum
Relationships
Corpus Winckelmann Document(s):
> Winckelmann 1760 (Pierres gravées) > 2. Classe > p. 259
> Winckelmann, GK1, 1764 (ed. 2002) > book 1 > ch. 5 > p. 560 > A
> Winckelmann, GK1, 1764 (ed. 2002) > book 1 > ch. 5 > p. 596 > A
> Winckelmann, GK1, 1764 (ed. 2002) > book 1 > ch. 5 > pp. 566/568 > ll. 13-31; 01-09
> Winckelmann, GK1, 1764 (ed. 2002) > book 1 > ch. 5 > p. 590 > ll. 17-20
> Winckelmann, GK1, 1764 (ed. 2002) > introduction > ch. 5 > p. CVIII > no. 20; ll. 11-37
> Winckelmann, GK2, 1776 (ed. 2002) > p. 561 > A
> Winckelmann, GK2, 1776 (ed. 2002) > pp. 567/569 > ll. 18-35; 01-08
> Winckelmann, GK2, 1776 (ed. 2002) > pp. CIX/CXI > no. 19; ll. 38-40, 01-06
Paris, BnF, Fonds Allemand: > Winckelmann Nachlass Paris > vol. 68 > p. 067
References
Bibliography:
> Lexikon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae, I-(...), Zuerich, Muenchen 1981-(...) > vol. I, p. 739,
no. 5
> Wolfgang Helbig: Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen klassischer Altertümer in Rom, 4 vols.,
Tübingen 1963-1972 > vol. III, no. 2976
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> Sybille Haynes: Etruscan bronzes, London 1985 > pp. 310f., no. 172
> Tobias Dohrn: Die ficoronische Ciste in der Villa Giulia in Rom, Berlin 1972 > passim
> Mathias René Hofter, Axel Rügler, Adolf H. Borbein et al.: Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums,
Katalog der antiken Denkmäler, ed. by Adolf H. Borbein, Thomas W. Gaethgens, Johannes
Irmscher, Max Kunze, Mainz 2006 (Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Schriften und Nachlass IV.2) >
pp. 089f., no. 157
Comment
inserted by:
Brigitte Kuhn
Thomas Fröhlich
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