Tomba Cardarelli
The Tomba Cardarelli ("Cardarelli grave") - a painted Etruscan chamber grave - was discovered in 1959. The grave is in the Monterozzi necropolis near Tarquinia . The burial chamber was robbed and contained only fragments of pottery. The tomb was named after the poet Vincenzo Cardarelli , who described the Etruscans in his work.
The grave dates to around 500 BC. BC (or shortly before) and consists of a single room carved into the rock. All walls and the ceiling are decorated with paintings. The back wall of the burial chamber shows a false door. Two musicians are shown on their sides. On the right side there is a flute player, on the left a kithara player . Fighting animals are shown in the gable above the scene.
On the left wall you can see two groups of people separated by a tree. On the left is an athlete in a loincloth who appears to be dancing. An aulos player is standing in front of him . The other group shows a dancing woman in the middle. To her left and right are servants holding a mirror and a fan. The woman in the middle may represent the deceased. On the right wall, too, two groups of people can be seen who are also separated by a tree. They are dancers and musicians. A boxer is shown to the left and right of the door.
Together with the Tomba dei Baccanti , Tomba Moretti , the Tomba del Teschio , Tomba del Citaredo , Tomba della Fustigazione and the tombs 4255 and 4260, the tomb was probably painted by a workshop ( Maestro dei Baccanti ) working in Tarquinia , as the paintings in them Graves have numerous things in common.
Individual evidence
- ^ Stephan Steingräber : Abundance of Life, Etruscan Wall Painting . Los Angeles 2006, ISBN 978-0-89236-865-5 , p. 100.
- ↑ See Stephan Steingräber : Abundance of Life, Etruscan Wall Painting . Los Angeles 2006, ISBN 978-0-89236-865-5 , pp. 71 and 99.
literature
- Mario Moretti , Leonard von Matt : Etruscan painting in Tarquinia. DuMont Schauberg, Cologne 1974, ISBN 3-7701-0541-9 , pp. 46–48, figs. 41–44.
Coordinates: 42 ° 14 ′ 58.7 " N , 11 ° 46 ′ 12.6" E
