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Facsimile of painting on back wall, Tomba del Barone
Italic, Etruscan
1898
Place of Manufacture: Italy, Lazio, Tarquinia
Medium/Technique
Tempera on canvas
Dimensions
Height x width: 348.8 x 182.8 cm (137 5/16 x 71 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
General Funds
Accession Number98.2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsReproductions
DescriptionEnd Wall. Tree; youth on black horse riding towards right; tree, man with cylix in left hand held out, and right arm round youth playing double flute (both are moving right); tree; woman facing left with arms raised; tree; horseman moving to left; tree. Above in angles two hippocamps facing center, with dolphins (two in each case) as fillers. Original in Tomba del Barone (Tarquinia, c. 510 B.C.). Dennis, Cities, and Cemetaries of Etruria, I, 368-70.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, January 4, 1898, for $ 841.59 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.2-98.9)