Etruscan Tomb Paintings, Their Subjects and Significance

by Frederik Poulsen

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

		Facing page
[1]	Wall-painting from the Tomba Campana	7
[2]	Main picture in the Tomba dei Tori at Corneto	7
[3]	Back wall in the Tomba degli Auguri	11
[4]	Right main wall in the Tomba degli Auguri	12
[5]	Part of the left main wall in the Tomba degli Auguri. (After a coloured drawing in the Helbig Museum)	12
[6]	Painting from the Tomba del Pulcinella	12
[7]	Left main wall of the Tomba delle Iscrizioni	15
[8]	Back wall of the Tomba delle Iscrizioni	15
[9]	Picture from the Tomba del Morto at Corneto	16
[10]	Picture from the Tomba del Triclinio	16
[11]	‘La bella ballerina’ in the Tomba Francesca Giustiniani	Frontispiece
[12]	Right main wall in the Tomba delle Iscrizioni	19
[13]	Back wall in the Tomba delle Leonesse at Corneto	20
[14]	Left main wall in the Tomba del Barone	20
[15]	Right main wall in the Tomba delle Bighe	22
[16]	Etruscan terracotta head in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek	22
[17]	Part of the small frieze in the Tomba delle Bighe. (After Arch. Jahrb. 1916)	22
[18]	Wall-painting from the Tomba del Morente: the lassoing of the horse	24
[19]	Part of the small frieze in the Tomba delle Bighe. (After Arch. Jahrb. 1916)	24
[20]	Part of the Tomba della Scimmia at Chiusi	24
[21]	Part of the small frieze in the Tomba delle Bighe. (After Arch. Jahrb. 1916)	27
[22]	Part of the small frieze in the Tomba delle Bighe. (After Arch. Jahrb. 1916)	27
[23]	Symposium in the Tomba delle Bighe	27
[24]	Back wall in the Tomba dei Leopardi (After Arch. Jahrb. 1916. Pl. 9)	31
[25]	Married couple on an Etruscan cinerary urn	31
[26]	Picture from the Tomba degli Scudi at Corneto	35
[27]	Picture from the Tomba degli Scudi at Corneto. (After a coloured drawing in the Helbig Museum)	35
[28]	Arnth Velchas and wife on couch. Picture in the Tomba dell’ Orco (After a coloured drawing in the Helbig Museum)	36
[29]	Head of Arnth Velchas’ wife. From the Tomba dell’ Orco	37
[30]	Back wall in the Tomba del Vecchio	37
[31]	Symposium in the Tomba Golini at Orvieto	38
[32]	Wall-painting in the Tomba Golini	38
[33]	Kitchen interior in the Tomba Golini	40
[34]	Painting in the Tomba del Letto funebre, at Corneto	40
[35]	Demon in the Tomba dell’ Orco	49
[36]	Picture in the Tomba dell’ Orco at Corneto	50
[37]	Hades, Persephone and Geryon in the Tomba dell’ Orco	50
[38]	Drawing from Michelangelo’s sketch-book	51
[39]	Wall-painting from the Tomba François at Vulci	54
[40]	Painting in the Tomba Golini at Orvieto	54
[41]	Painting from the Tomba della Pulcella	54
[42]	Relief on a tomb altar from Chiusi. In the Barracco Collection in Rome	56
[43]	Cinerary urn from Chiusi	56
[44]	Roman sarcophagus in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek	58
[45]	Procession of the dead in the Tomba del Tifone	58
[46]	Painted frieze in the Tomba del Cardinale	58
[47]	Part of the frieze in the Tomba del Cardinale	58

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ETRUSCAN TOMB-PAINTINGS