Remarks: Pedimental sculpture of female figure. Ca. life-sized. High, knotty tree trunk at her left. Mostly nude except for drapery tucked between thighs. Bottom restored--now removed. H including (former) restored plinth 102. Finished side and top edges, plaque painted black with many large holes. Hollow, handmade with thick wall connecting front and back across lower body. Large vent in back.
Bibliography: Helbig4 I, pp. 584-585, no. 792; Andrén 1940, pp. 371-372, no. II:4, Pl. 114:404; Pairault Massa 1992, pp. 181-185, fig. 175; Pairault-Massa 1993a, fig. 8 Nymph and trees
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen klassischer Altertümer in Rome, Bd. 1-4. 4., völlig neu bearb. Aufl. Hrsg. Von H. Speier. Author: Helbig, W.. Place of publication: Tübingen. Publication Date: 1963-1972 Iconologia e politica nell'Italia antica. Roma, Lazio, Etruria dal VII al I sec. a.C.. Author: Pairault Massa, F.-H.. Place of publication: Milano. Publication Date: 1992
Type of decoration: Female figure
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Etrusco Gregoriano
Mouldmade: no
Clay: Buff
Paint: Tree light blue and gold and pink, painted over white. Flesh pink. Drapery dark purple border with light blue hem, white cloth.
