Una lepre sbalordita (estrema destra) gira la testa per vedere due cavalieri che tornano da una caccia con servi che trasportano il loro pescato e cani che corrono accanto ai cavalli, in questo dipinto murale di 2.500 anni sul timpano della prima camera della Tomba della caccia e della pesca nella necropoli Monterozzi della città etrusca di Tarchuna o Tarchna a Tarquinia, Lazio, Italia. Le due camere scavate nella roccia risalgono al 520-510 a.C. circa e furono scoperte nel 1873.
4114 x 2733 px | 34,8 x 23,1 cm | 13,7 x 9,1 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
15 giugno 2008
Ubicazione:
Monterozzi Necropolis, Tarquinia, Lazio, Italy.
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Tarquinia, Lazio, Italy: a startled hare (far right) turns its head to see two horsemen returning from a hunting trip with their servants carrying their catch and hounds running beside the horses, in this damaged 2, 500-year-old fresco on the gable of the first chamber of the Tomb of Hunting and Fishing, one of the most famous monuments in the Monterozzi necropolis of the Etruscan city of Tarchuna or Tarchna. The two-roomed tomb dates from around 520 to 510 BC and was discovered in 1873. The walls in the first room feature figures dancing amid trees, while the walls of the second room feature colourful scenes of hunting and fishing, with hunters standing on brightly coloured rocks shooting at birds with bows and slings. The Tomb of Hunting and Fishing is among about 200 out of more than 6000 burial chambers and graves in the necropolis to be decorated with frescoes. Most were reserved for the aristocrats or nobles of Tarchuna. The necropolis, first used in the 7th century BC, occupies a hill southeast of Tarquinia. The tomb paintings offer an unrivalled view of everyday Etruscan life, with the artists depicting athletes, funeral rites and mythical scenes as well as banquet guests being entertained by musicians and dancers. Monterozzi gained World Heritage site status in 2004. UNESCO rates its frescoes as among the best examples of pre-Roman art in the western Mediterranean. It comments: “Tarquinia's large-scale wall paintings are exceptional both for their formal qualities and for their content, which reveal aspects of life, death, and religious beliefs of the ancient Etruscans … the depiction of daily life in the frescoed tombs, many of which are replicas of Etruscan houses, is a unique testimony to this vanished culture.” D0676.A8106
