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Archaic period, ca. mid-6th BCE
Archaeological provenience uncertain, but probably from a tomb at Este (ancient Ateste; see on Pleiades)
In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Formerly 18th-19th c. Venetian private collection
Archaic period, ca. 6th BCE
Archaeological provenience uncertain, but probably from a tomb at Este (ancient Ateste; see on Pleiades)
In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Formerly 18th-19th c. Venetian private collection
Archaic period, late 7th c. BCE
Archaeological provenience uncertain, but probably from a tomb at Este (ancient Ateste; see on Pleiades)
In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Formerly 18th-19th c. Venetian private collection
Archaic period, ca. 6th BCE
Archaeological provenience uncertain, but probably from a tomb at Este (ancient Ateste; see on Pleiades)
In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Formerly 18th-19th c. Venetian private collection
(central pot, no. 3:)
Late Archaic period, ca. 550-500 BCE
Archaeological provenience uncertain, but probably from a tomb at Este (ancient Ateste; see on Pleiades)
In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Formerly 18th-19th c. Venetian private collection
Roman Late Republican-Augustan period, 2nd half 1st c. BCE
Found at Este (ancient Ateste; see on Pleiades), via Salute n. 33, in 1898; probably from a public building
Photographed on display at the Museo Nazionale Atestino, Este, Italy
I.G. 1879
Aurisina limestone
Roman Early Imperial period, Julio-Claudian period, mid-1st c. CE
Found at Este (ancient Ateste; see on Pleiades), Morlungo
Photographed on display at the Museo Nazionale Atestino, Este, Italy
I.G. 1539
Roman Early Imperial period, Julio-Claudian period, 1st half 1st c. CE
Found at Este (ancient Ateste; see on Pleiades)
Attributable to a local sculptor
Photographed on display at the Museo Nazionale Atestino, Este, Italy
I.G. 1455
Roman Late Republican-Early Imperial period, Augustan period, late 1st c. BCE
Found at Este (ancient Ateste; see on Pleiades)
Photographed on display at the Museo Nazionale Atestino, Este, Italy
I.G. 1456
Roman Late Republican-Early Imperial period, Augustan period, late 1st c. BCE
Found at Este (ancient Ateste; see on Pleiades)
Photographed on display at the Museo Nazionale Atestino, Este, Italy
I.G. 1456
Roman Late Republican-Augustan period, 2nd half 1st c. BCE
Found at Este (ancient Ateste; see on Pleiades), via Salute n. 33, in 1898; probably from a public building
Photographed on display at the Museo Nazionale Atestino, Este, Italy
I.G. 1879
Roman Early Imperial period, Julio-Claudian period, 1st half 1st c. CE
Found at Este (ancient Ateste; see on Pleiades)
Attributable to a local sculptor
Photographed on display at the Museo Nazionale Atestino, Este, Italy
I.G. 1455
Roman Early Imperial period, Julio-Claudian period, 1st half 1st c. CE
Found at Este (ancient Ateste; see on Pleiades)
Former Vigna Contarena collection
The altar, in Aurisina stone, bears a scene of a triclinum with three couches on which are banqueters, attended by slaves. In the background, a large hanging textile separates the banquet from a tree. The altar was later reused as a well-head.
Photographed on display at the Museo Nazionale Atestino, Este, Italy
I.G. 1547
Roman Late Republican-Augustan period, 2nd half 1st c. BCE
Found at Este (ancient Ateste; see on Pleiades), via Salute n. 33, in 1898; probably from a public building
Photographed on display at the Museo Nazionale Atestino, Este, Italy
I.G. 1879
Pietra tenera di Vicenza
Roman Early Imperial period, Julio-Claudian period, 1st half 1st c. CE
Found at Este (ancient Ateste; see on Pleiades), Borgo Canevedo, in the 19th century
The Latin text is CIL 5.2665
C(aius) Plotius C(ai) f(ilius) / Vetta C(ai) f(ilia) Secunda
Photographed on display at the Museo Nazionale Atestino, Este, Italy
I.G. 1438
Roman Imperial period, late Severan period, 1st half 3rd c. CE (bust and nose 20th century, by Gino Vascon)
Found at Este (ancient Ateste; see on Pleiades)
Photographed on display at the Museo Nazionale Atestino, Este, Italy
I.G. 1458