Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Faliscan Red-figured Stamnos with Dionysiac Scene
Image View:
Overall view with Dionysus at center
Creator:
Aurora Painter (Etruscan vase painter, active 4th century BCE)
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale Etrusco (Villa Giulia) (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazzale di Villa Giulia, 9
GPS:
41.918375 12.477657
Date:
ca. 350-325 BCE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Etruscan
Style Period:
Greco-Etruscan
Work Type 1:
red-figure vase painting (visual work)
Classification:
Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Technique:
fabrication attributes: ceramics; red-figure vase painting (image-making)
Subjects:
decorative arts; mythology (Classical); Dionysus (Greek deity)
Description:
The stamnos is a broad-shouldered, round-shaped vessel, with a low foot and a low neck. Its two horizontal handles usually curl upwards to some degree. Most have been found in Etruria. The Faliscan language is known through an estimated 355 inscriptions, some on red-figured vases. The Falisci (Faliscans) were allies of the Etruscans. This vase is from Falerii (now Civita Castellana), the main city of the Faliscans. It is decorated with a Dionysiac scene. [Information from museum label.]
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-E-VG-FRFV-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Faliscan Red-figured Stamnos with Dionysiac Scene