Relief fragment (pedimental group?): a man carrying off a maiden

Classification

relief ; architectural ornament

Culture

Faliscan

Dimensions

height: 23 cm

Date

350–280 B.C.

Period

Etruscan renaissance (4th century); Etruscan Hellenistic Period (3th–1st centuries)

Material

clay

Iconography

female figure ; mantle ; male figure ; necklace/torques

Production place

Tarquinia?

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)

Inventory

T.569

Hyp-3134

Condition

Fragment. Head, arms (below elbows), legs (below knees) of female figure missing. Male figure almost completely lost, only right hand and left wrist preserved. Mantle damaged.

References

Oroszlán 1930, 97–98, no. G 3, fig.; Szilágyi, J. Gy. 1981, 24, no. 18; Welt der Etrusker, 307, no. D 4.6, fig.; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 129–130, fig. 94; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 147, fig. 95

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.