Two leopards facing each other across a shrub, Etruscans

Two leopards facing each other across a shrub

Deux léopards affrontés de part et d'autre d'un arbuste (museum title)

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

Movement: Etruscan art
Date: c. 470 BCE
Medium: Fresco
Collection: Tomb of the Leopards, Tarquinia
Rights: Public domain

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