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Similar Chimera of Arezzo, Sarcophagus of the Spouses, Apollo of Veii, L'Homme qui marche I, Deposition from the Cross - Vo | ||
L ombra della sera
Ombra della sera (Italian for "Shadow of the evening") is an Etruscan statue from the town of Velathri, later Volterra. It was first depicted in a 1737 collection of Etruscan antiquities. Similarities to the work of modern artist Alberto Giacometti have been frequently observed.
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Features
The statue represents a nude male, 57,5 cm long (about 22,6 inches), with very elongated body but head in normal proportions. It is estimated by archaeologists to date from the third century B.C.
References
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