Os três sarcófagos etruscos da colecção de Sir Francis Cook no Museu Arqueológico de São Miguel de Odrinhas (Sintra)

Marta Ribeiro; Nuno Simões Rodrigues

doi:10.51679/ophiussa.2020.67

The three etruscan sarcophagi from the collection of Sir Francis Cook in the Archaeological Museum of São Miguel de Odrinhas (Sintra)

Authors

Marta Ribeiro Museu Arqueológico de São Miguel de Odrinhas
Nuno Simões Rodrigues Universidade de Lisboa CH‑ULisboa/ CEC‑ULisboa/ CECH‑UC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51679/ophiussa.2020.67

Keywords:

Sir Francis Cook, Etruscan Sarcophagi, Campanari, Vipinana, Tuscania, Antiquities, Collections

Abstract

The Archaeological Museum of São Miguel de Odrinhas (Sintra) holds in exhibition three etruscan sarcophagi, as far as we know, the only ones in Portugal. Dating back to the 4th and 3rd centuries b.C., they were acquired in the 19th century by Sir Francis Cook, then the owner of the estate of Monserrate, in Sintra. Sir Cook used them as decoration features in the gardens of his palace, which testifies the taste the enlightened Europe of Romanticism entertained for antiquities and works of art belonging to ancient and exotic peoples. There, the sarcophagi remained, having been damaged by the weather and unenlightened visitors. The sculpted lid of one of them disappeared in a stormy night of 1983. Eventually, they were removed and taken to the Archaeological Museum of São Miguel de Odrinhas. In the present essay, we present hypotheses for an iconographic and chronological analysis of the sarcophagi.

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Published

2021-10-15

How to Cite

Ribeiro, Marta, and Nuno Simões Rodrigues. 2021. “The Three Etruscan Sarcophagi from the Collection of Sir Francis Cook in the Archaeological Museum of São Miguel De Odrinhas (Sintra)”. Ophiussa. Revista Do Centro De Arqueologia Da Universidade De Lisboa 4 (October):143-62. https://doi.org/10.51679/ophiussa.2020.67.