Etruscan head of a woman 4th-3rd C. BCE

"Early Italian cultures decorated their buildings with sculpture made of terracotta. The head retains traces of its original colors: white for the skin and red for the hair, with gilding on the diadem (crown)."

-taken from art.thewalters

Etruscan head of a woman 4th C. BCE, terracotta. Current location: The Walters Art Museum.









Source/Quote:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Etruscan_-_Head_of_a_Woman_-_Walters_48310.jpg

https://art.thewalters.org/detail/30848

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