Dancers around a large krater beneath two lionesses (back wall), Etruscans

Dancers around a large krater beneath two lionesses (back wall)

Danseurs autour d'un grand cratère, sous deux lionnes (paroi du fond) (museum title)

Etruscans (Italian) (6th-2nd century BCE)

Movement: Etruscan art
Date: c. 520 BCE
Medium: Fresco
Collection: Tomb of the Lionesses, Tarquinia
Rights: Public domain

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