Painted plaque

Unknown (Etruscan)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 470 BCE

Height:

110.0 cm  (43 5/16 in.)

Width:

52.0 cm  (20 1/2 in.)

Technique / Medium:

terracotta; painted

School:

Etrusco-Italic

Description

Description from museum website:
One of two painted Etruscan plaques (pinakes in Greek) with musicians used to cover the walls of a tomb. This one features a female lyre-player, filleted, in chiton, himation (or short stole) and sandals (tied around ankles) walking to right, on the broad band; she is holding her instrument by a cloth strap attached to her left wrist, and she strums with a plectron in right hand. A plant is at the right. No. III at bottom right. Colors: red, blue-black, and surface green on white ground. Painted and fired. Above: fillet and ovolo, wave (left to right) bands; below: broad band broken by a maender in the form of crennelation.

Iconclass

48CC7522
one person playing string instrument (plucked) - CC - out of doors

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lyre [3501] (with strap)
Plectrum [6074]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Late Archaic period or early Classical period

RIdIM record id

5890