Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Figural Cremation Urn from Monte Abatone Necropolis
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Figural Cremation Urn from Monte Abatone Necropolis
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Image View:
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Detail, well dressed figure wearing cap (tutulus) and jewelry
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Creator:
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unknown (Etruscan)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Nazionale Etrusco (Villa Giulia) (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Piazzale di Villa Giulia, 9
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GPS:
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+41.918375+12.477657
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Date:
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ca. 599-550 BCE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Etruscan
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Style Period:
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Greco-Etruscan
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Work Type 1:
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cremation urn
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Work Type 2:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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terracotta with pigment
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Technique:
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fabrication attributes: ceramics; painting and painting techniques
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Subjects:
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death or burial; funerary art; human figure; cremation
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Description:
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Known to come from the Monte Abatone necropolis, but without other context. Bed-shaped (kline) urn, used to hold the remains of a cremation. On the lid a female figure reclines and is shown pouring perfume from an alabastron. Well dressed, the figure wears a long chiton, characteristic Etruscan headgear (tutulus) and pointed shoes (calcei repandi); jewelry includes disc earrings, a necklace with shells, and bracelets. The shape of the face and details of the apparel show Ionic artistic influence (Greco-Etruscan) which strongly characterizes the Etruscan culture of the second half of the 6th century BCE. [Information from museum label.]
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-E-VG-UMAN-A04
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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