5625, Orvieto, Belvedere

Record number: 5625
Site: Orvieto
Building or zone: Belvedere
Position: Back pediment, right half
Roof element: Columen/mutulus plaque
Remarks: Columen/mutulus plaque of seated draped woman. Back pediment, right half. 4 nail holes. Steam vent hole at back. Finished right edge. Th plaque 3.5, + relief 22.6. H base 2.7, D 6. Plaque finished top edge rises to left behind figure. H left 48.7, right 44.5. Bottom half of figure hollow. Beside figure at left, light brown rounded element (stool?). Plaque painted black. Empty area behind left upper arm where himation comes from plaque over arm.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 176, no. II:10, Pl. 67:218; La civiltà degli Etruschi 1985, p. 377, 16.1.11; Cristofani 1985b, pp. 9-11, fig. 19; Strazzulla 1989, p. 978; Stopponi 2003, p. 250
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Faone, la testa di Orfeo e l'immaginario femminile
I templi e l'architettura templare
La civiltà degli Etruschi
La decorazione frontonale del tempio del Belvedere di Orvieto
Type of decoration: Seated draped woman
Current Collection: Museo Civico: 1379
Mouldmade: no
Height: 48.3
Width: 42
Paint: Pink skin 2.5YR 5/4. Gold hair 7.5YR 6/6. Brown chiton 5YR 5/4. Red mantle 7.5R 4/8 with purple edges 5R 3/4 at hem, white band W 0.6 separating red from purple edge, W 2.6. Brown rock 5YR 5/6.

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