The statue, with its companion the 'Young Centaur' (inv. 2015-KX-1), were found in the gardens of the Hadrians Villa in 1736 and are today in the Capitoline Museum. Both prints that Frezza executed after the two sculptures were dedicated to Giuseppe Alessandro Furetto.
| Artist |
Giovanni Girolamo Frezza
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Nicola Onofri
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| Title | The Old Centaur from Hadrian's Villa |
| Date | 1738 |
| Period | 18th century |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, below: 'Centaurus e marmore Aegyptio inter Hadrianae Villae rudera [...] Josepho Alexandro Furietto' and 'Nicolaus Honophrij delin. / Hieronymus Frezza scul. Romae 1738 |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type |
burin engraving
AAT
reproductive prints AAT |
| Inventory number | 2015-KX-2 |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2015-KX-2 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/9110/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
AAT
300263554 animal paintings AAT 300417629 mythologies (religious concept) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A71
male sex; man
Iconclass
31D14 adult man Iconclass 46C13141 horse Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 49K11 excavation ~ archaeology Iconclass 61E(ROME) names of cities and villages (ROME) Iconclass 61F(VILLA ADRIANA) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (VILLA ADRIANA) Iconclass 9 Classical Mythology and Ancient History Iconclass 92L7 centaurs Iconclass |
| School / Style | Neoclassical AAT |
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