Menu
Search
Main SiteGandhara ConnectionsVase Corpus (CVA Online)
Search

5888, Orvieto, Belvedere

  • Record number: 5888
  • Site: Orvieto
  • Building or zone: Belvedere
  • Position: Back pediment
  • Roof element: Columen/mutulus plaques
  • Remarks: Sculpture of young warrior. Preserves bottom half with left leg and right foot of bent leg on rock. Th plaque 4, H base 3.5, D 7-10.8 (foot rest). Diam nail holes 1.3. L right foot 11, W 4.7.
  • Bibliography: Andrén 1940, pp. 173-174, no. II:3, Pl. 64:210 & 64:216; La civiltà degli Etruschi 1985, p. 376, 16.1.3
  • Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940
    La civiltà degli Etruschi. Author: Cristofani, M.. Place of publication: Milano. Publication Date: 1985
  • Associated elements: 2009
  • Type of decoration: Young warrior
  • Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale
  • Mouldmade: no
  • Height: 37R
  • Width: 32
  • MPD: 11.7
  • Paint: Base, including rounded projecting foot rest, decorated with battlement pattern with black above and red below. Black ground on plaque. Dark red rock. Red skin. Pillar painted black over red.
Image Image

Link to this record using the address https://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/1CD2840D-FC5E-4B4B-A6B4-596B90201AC7

My photograph albums
Site map Copyright Accessibility Privacy statement Contact us
Gandhara Connections
Gandhara Connections on Facebook
Gandhara Connections on Twitter
Back to top