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Facsimile of painting on right wall, Tomba della Caccia e Pesca
Italic, Etruscan
1896
Place of Manufacture: Italy, Lazio, Tarquinia
Medium/Technique
Tempera on canvas
Dimensions
Height x width: 354.5 x 210 cm (139 9/16 x 82 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Fiske Warren
Accession Number08.498
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsReproductions
DescriptionOriginal in the Tomba della Caccia e Pesca (Tarquinia, c. 510 B.C.). A boat with three men abroad, one steering, and one fishing with a harpoon, to the right a man standing on a cliff shooting birds with a sling. Dolphins jumping out of the water, birds flying and diving. (NY Carlsberg Glyptotek Catalogue)
ProvenanceBy 1905: with Edward Perry Warren; gift of Fiske Warren to MFA, May 28, 1908