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Facsimile of painting on left wall, Tomba della Leonesse

Italic, Etruscan
1898
Place of Manufacture: Italy, Lazio, Tarquinia

Medium/Technique Tempera on canvas
Dimensions Height x width: 74.5 x 47.5 cm (29 5/16 x 18 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Fiske Warren
Accession Number08.505
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsReproductions

DescriptionOriginal in the Tomba delle Leonesse (Tarquinia, c. 510 B.C.). Contour-drawing of a young boy (?) standing on a stool and holding a flute and a flower. The artist has rendered a pair of feet of a man lying in front of the boy in a peculiar manner. C. Jacobsen showed great interest in the representation which he compared to the Apollo Piombino. (NY Carlsberg Glyptotek Catalogue)
ProvenanceBy 1905: with Edward Perry Warren; gift of Fiske Warren to MFA, May 28, 1908