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Dolphins leaping above the waves, Etruscans

Dolphins leaping above the waves

Dauphins sautant au-dessus des flots (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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