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Facsimile of painting on right wall, Tomba delle Bighe
Italic, Etruscan
1900
Place of Manufacture: Italy, Lazio, Tarquinia
Medium/Technique
Tempera on canvas
Dimensions
Height x width: 478.5 x 203 cm (188 3/8 x 79 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Fiske Warren
Accession Number08.502
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsReproductions
DescriptionOriginal in the Tomba delle Bighe (Tarquinia, c. 480 B.C.). Mainfrieze, dancers among trees, to the left a kylikeion. Upper frieze, to the left grandstand with spectators, preparations for horseracing (NY Carlsberg Glyptotek).
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)