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Source Description
On this relief from a funerary cippus (monument), a man holding a lyre stands between two dancing women. Such pyramidal monuments are typical of the region around Chiusi and depict the dances that took place during the ritual funerary banquet. These reliefs evoke the elaborate wall-paintings of dancers found in such celebrated Etruscan tombs as the "Tomb of the Leopards" in Tarquinia and were influenced by contemporary Greek vase-paintings.
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Document identity
localId
12475
label
Relief from a Funerary Cippus
core
obj
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sculpture
citationUrl
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4
Source metadata
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12475
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Relief from a Funerary Cippus
description
On this relief from a funerary cippus (monument), a man holding a lyre stands between two dancing women. Such pyramidal monuments are typical of the region around Chiusi and depict the dances that took place during the ritual funerary banquet. These reliefs evoke the elaborate wall-paintings of dancers found in such celebrated Etruscan tombs as the "Tomb of the Leopards" in Tarquinia and were influenced by contemporary Greek vase-paintings.
provenance
Tyszkiewicz Collection, Paris, 1898, no. 310 [pl. 33] [as found at Chianciano]; Alphonse Kann, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, New York and Paris, 1923, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P779]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
early 5th century BCE (Late Archaic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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Sculpture
reliefs
sculptures
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4
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4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
42
height
33.5
depth
4.8
dimensionsRaw
16 9/16 x 13 3/16 x 1 7/8 in. (42 x 33.5 x 4.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Etruscan
med
limestone
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6291
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ROM
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none
Page inventory
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photo
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photo
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photo
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photo
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