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St. John Baptist
Judith and Holofernes
Madonna with child
San Sebastiano cured by the angels
Madonna of the straw
Salome with the head of the Baptist
The elegant snack
Corsini throne
Venus reaches dying Adonis
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The tribute of the currency
Adoration of the shepherds
St. John Baptist
Judith and Holofernes
Madonna with child
San Sebastiano cured by the angels
Madonna of the straw
Salome with the head of the Baptist
The elegant snack
Corsini throne
Venus reaches dying Adonis
Dispute of Jesus among the doctors
The torture of Prometheus
Denial of Peter
Madonna of the milk
Triptych with Ascension, Last Judgment, Pentecost
Allegory of the four elements - Air, Water, Earth, Fire
The hare
Polyptych with Madonna and Child with Saints
The tribute of the currency
Adoration of the shepherds

Corsini throne

Anonymous

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Corsini Gallery

Corsini Gallery

Via della Lungara, 10 , Rome

Open, closing soon last entry 17:00

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The so-called Corsini throne is one of the most fascinating and problematic objects in the collection. The sculpture was found between 1732 and 1734, during the excavations carried out to build the foundations of the Corsini family chapel in the basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano. The back is divided into two registers delimited by a frame with a branch of ivy, with a series of soldiers in the upper one and wild boar hunting scenes in the lower one. On the base, above a plant frieze, the main figured band develops with scenes of sacrifice, struggle and procession of unclear interpretation. By type and decoration, the work is part of the series of funerary thrones widespread in the Etruscan environment and mainly made of bronze or terracotta. The use of marble and the place where it was found, however, bring the object back to the Roman context and make it unique in the panorama of ancient sculptural production. Its uniqueness, together with the events relating to the place of discovery, has, however, allowed us to hypothesize its function and role: it would, in fact, be the symbol of the royal descent of the most important of the women of the Plautii Silvani family, Urgulania, of Etruscan lineage and married around 40 BC. by M. Plautius, vir praetorius. The work is, therefore, a faithful Roman copy of the late Republican age of an Etruscan princely throne from the end of the fifth century BC, as proof of the royalty of the gens of Urgulania.
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Title: Corsini throne

Author: Anonymous

Date: I sec. a.C.

Technique: Marble

Displayed in: Corsini Gallery

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