Tomba dei Baccanti

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Painting of the back wall of the burial chamber
Details of the pediment

The Tomba dei Baccanti (German grave of the bacchants ) is an Etruscan tomb that belongs to the Monterozzi necropolis in Tarquinia .

The tomb was discovered in 1874 and consists of a single chamber, accessed by steep stairs. The sloping ceiling shows red flowers on a white background. In the middle there is a red stripe, which is decorated with circles. The gable of the rear wall shows a support in the middle and to the left and right of it a lion (male on the right, male on the left, with a mane and teats), which is about to kill an oversized gazelle.

The walls are decorated with figure friezes, which are framed by colored stripes above and below. The scenes on the walls are separated by dainty trees. There are two scenes on the back wall. On the right you can see a sturdy man hugging a young woman. They are probably dancers. The left scene shows a lyre player. On the right wall you can see a flute player and a man holding a drinking bowl. This scene is badly damaged. On the left wall there are two naked dancers and in the next field a flute player and another naked dancer.

The grave dates to the middle of the sixth century BC. Chr.

Together with the Tomba della Fustigazione , Tomba Cardarelli , the Tomba del Teschio , Tomba del Citaredo and the graves 4255, 4260, 5591 , the grave was probably painted by a workshop working in Tarquinia ( Maestro dei Baccanti ), as the paintings in these graves are numerous Show similarities.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stephan Steingräber : Abundance of Life, Etruscan Wall Painting , Los Angeles 2006, ISBN 978-0-89236-865-5 , pp. 71, 99

literature

  • Mario Moretti , Leonard von Matt : Etruscan painting in Tarquinia. DuMont Schauberg, Cologne 1974, ISBN 3-7701-0541-9 , pp. 68–74, figs. 45–46.
  • Katja Winger: "Like the lioness with a shaggy mane ..." Studies on the ancient lion image. AV Akademikerverlag, Saarbrücken 2013, ISBN 978-3-639-48844-9 , pp. 53–56, (also: Halle-Wittenberg, University, Master's thesis, 2006).

Web links

Commons : Tomba dei Baccanti (Tarquinia)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 42 ° 14 ′ 55.4 "  N , 11 ° 46 ′ 18.9"  E