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Facsimile of painting on left wall, Tomba delle Bighe
Italic, Etruscan
1901
Place of Manufacture: Italy, Lazio, Tarquinia
Medium/Technique
Tempera on canvas
Dimensions
Height x width: 204 x 516 cm ( 80 5/16 in. x 203 1/8)
Credit Line
Gift of Fiske Warren
Accession Number08.503
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsReproductions
DescriptionOriginal in the Tomba delle Bighe (Tarquinia, about 480 B.C.). Main frieze, dancers among trees, upper frieze, sports events, spectators on grandstands.
ProvenanceLate 1890s, commissioned by Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), Rome and London; to his brother, Fiske Warren (b. 1862 - d. 1938), Boston; 1908, gift of Fiske Warren to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 28, 1908)