Furietti Centaurs
Artist
Fonderia Chiurazzi
(Italian, founded 1870)
Artistafter
Aristeas of Aphrodisias
(Hellenistic, late 1st or early 2nd century AD)
Artistafter
Papias of Aphrodisias
(Hellenistic, late 1st or early 2nd century AD)
Date20th century
CultureItalian
MediumBronze
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberV2016.9
The Furietti Centaurs (known as the Old Centaur and Young Centaur, or Older Centaur and Younger Centaur, when being treated separately) are a pair of Hellenistic or Roman grey-black marble sculptures of centaurs based on Hellenistic models. One is a mature, bearded centaur, with a pained expression, and the other is a young smiling centaur with his arm raised. The amorini are missing that once rode the backs of these centaurs, which are the outstanding examples of a group of sculptures varying the motif.
These two are early twentieth century casts.
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