Lyre player (Tomb of the Triclinium), Etruscans

Lyre player (Tomb of the Triclinium)

Joueur de lyre (tombe du Triclinium) (museum title)

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

Movement: Etruscan art
Date: c. 470 BCE
Medium: Fresco transferred to canvas
Collection: National Archaeological Museum of Tarquinia
Rights: Public domain

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