Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Ficoroni Cist
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Ficoroni Cist
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Alternate Title:
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Cista Ficoroni
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Image View:
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Detail of engraving on the beaten bronze cylinder; scene of Amykos framed with decorative borders
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Creator:
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Novius Plautius (Etruscan metalworker, active 4th century BCE)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Nazionale Etrusco (Villa Giulia) (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Piazzale di Villa Giulia, 9
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GPS:
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+41.918375+12.477657
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Date:
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ca. 325-300 BCE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Etruscan
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Style Period:
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Greco-Etruscan
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Work Type 1:
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cista (toiletry container)
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Classification:
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Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
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Material:
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bronze
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Technique:
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casting (process); engraving (action); hammering; metalworking
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Measurements:
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74 cm (height)
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Subjects:
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death or burial; funerary art; decorative arts; mythology (Classical)
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Description:
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Praeneste (Palestrina) stood on the main route between Etruria and Poseidonia and was heavily influenced by Etruscan culture. Etruscan mirrors were closely associated with the cists (cistae) used for women’s toilet items. One group of mirrors, thought to have been made at Praeneste bear Latin inscriptions. Several depict the myth of Amykos which also appears on certain cists found at the site including the Ficoroni Cist. These mirrors also include the only examples signed by their maker, and, since another engraved object found at Praeneste, the Ficoroni Cist, carries a similar maker’s signature, that of Novios Plautios, it seems possible that Latin engravers enjoyed a higher status than their Etruscan counterparts. Based on the style of the vessel and the inscription, Novios seems to have had affiliations with Rome, but he was probably a Greek immigrant or an Etruscan artist with a workshop in Praeneste. A cista is a lidded, cylindrical container decorated with engravings with cast figures on top and cast feet; they are thought to be gifts both for the living and ceremonial offerings for the dead. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-E-VG-FCP-A07
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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