5637, Orvieto, Cannicella

Record number: 5637
Site: Orvieto
Building or zone: Cannicella
Position: Pediment left side
Roof element: Pedimental sculpture
Comparanda: Belvedere pedimental figures
Remarks: Pedimental sculpture of seated woman. Raised flat element at left, W 3. Hollow, handmade. Finished top edge of terracotta plaque behind breast level, rising to right, H left 30.5, right 34.2. Th plaque 1.8. 3 nail holes, Diam 1.6, 1.2. H stool/rock 15.8. H foot rest 3.2.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 189, no. II:1, Pl. 71:236; Andrén 1968, pp. 19-20, Pl. 23: "influenced by Parthenon sculptures"; StEtr 25 (1967), no. 11, Pl. 23; Sprenger & Bartoloni 1983, p. 133, Pl. 193; Santuari d'Etruria 1985, pp. 118-119, 6.1.A.4
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Il santuario della necropoli di Cannicella ad Orvieto
Santuari d'Etruria
The Etruscans: their history, art, and architecture
Type of decoration: Seated woman
Current Collection: Museo Civico: 1311
Mouldmade: no
Height: 38
Width: 23.2
MPD: 16.3
Clay: 7.5YR 7/4
Paint: Red drapery 7.5R 4/6 with purple border 5R 3/4. Reddish-pink rock.

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