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Facsimile of painting on back wall, right side, Tomba degli Scudi
Italic, Etruscan
1900
Place of Manufacture: Italy, Lazio, Tarquinia
Medium/Technique
Tempera on canvas
Dimensions
Height x width: 192 x 167 cm (75 9/16 x 65 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Fiske Warren
Accession Number08.512
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsReproductions
DescriptionOriginal in the Tomba degli Scudi (Tarquinia, after 350 B.C.). Larth Velcha and his wife Velia Seitithi, identified by inscriptions, are banqueting accompanied by a young girl with a fan. Above a dark wall several rows of inscriptions. Under the figure frieze a row of black wave pattern. (NY Carlsberg Glyptotek Catalogue)
ProvenanceBy 1905: with Edward Perry Warren; gift of Fiske Warren to MFA, May 28, 1908