Etruscan art
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Etruscan art was produced by the Etruscan civilization in central Italy between the 10th and 1st centuries BC. From around 750 BC it was heavily influenced by Greek art, which was imported by the Etru
Bronze cista handle with Sleep and Death Carrying off the Slain Sarpedon, 400–380 BC, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland.
Fragments from a temple pediment group in terracotta, late period, National Archaeological Museum, Florence.
Cista depicting a Dionysian Revel and Perseus with Medusa's Head from Praeneste, 4th century BC. The complex engraved images are hard to see here. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
Relief mirror-back with "Herekele" (Hercules) seizing Mlacuch (500–475 BC)
Sarcophagus of the Spouses
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The Sarcophagus of the Spouses is a tomb effigy considered one of the masterpieces of Etruscan art. The Etruscans lived in Italy between two main rivers, the Arno and the Tiber, and were in contact wi
Etruscan art
…terracotta Apollo of Veii, 510–500 BC, from the temple at Portanaccio attributed to Vulca at the National Etruscan Museum in Rome the painted terracotta Sarcophagus of the Spouses, late 6th century BC, from Cerveteri at the National Etruscan Museum; there is a similar one in the Louvre the bronze Chimera of Arezzo, dated 400 BC…
Sarcophagus of the Spouses from Villa Giulia in Rome
Detail of the feet, Rome
Fresco in the Triclinium Tomb of the Funerary Banquets
Banquet slab found at Poggio Civitate