otives which also give expression to the curious strainof cruelty inherent in the Etruscan mind. This is seen most clearly in the famous picture from theFran9ois tomb at Vulci, discovered in 1857 by the Italianpainter Alessandro Fran9ois. The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotekpossesses a facsimile, executed by… … 52 TOMBAFRANgOIS from the same tomb : but the copy is too smooth to betrustworthy. Unfortunately, permission to obtain anothercopy from the inaccessible Palazzo is certainly not to behad. The picture (fig. 39) represents the sacrifice of Trojancaptives on the grave of Patroclus. Achilles…
Tombs · Art, Etruscan
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