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ETRUSCAN
TOMB PAINTINGS

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Fig. 11. ‘LA BELLA BALLERINA’ IN THETOMBA FRANCESCA GIUSTINIANI
After the facsimile of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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ETRUSCAN
TOMB PAINTINGS

THEIR SUBJECTS AND SIGNIFICANCE

BY

FREDERIK POULSEN
KEEPER OF THE CLASSICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE NY CARLSBERG GLYPTOTEK, COPENHAGEN
FELLOW OF THE DANISH ROYAL SOCIETY

TRANSLATED BY

INGEBORG ANDERSEN, M.A.

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OXFORD
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
1922

TO MY FRIEND IN STUDIES

AND TRAVELS

OVE JÖRGENSEN, M.A.

PREFACE

The following sketch is based upon investigations madein the Etruscan Tombs at Corneto and Chiusi, and oncomparison of the original wall-paintings with the facsimilesand drawings made from them and preserved in theHelbig Museum in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. It wasoriginally published in Danish, in 1919, as a guide tostudents in that Department.

I am greatly indebted to Mr. G. F. Hill, of the BritishMuseum, for his revision of the translation.

Meanwhile the first volume of the promised work ofFritz Weege (Etruskische Malerei, Halle, 1921) has appeared,copiously and splendidly illustrated. The text containsgeneral views concerning Etruscan religion and society ratherthan descriptions of the paintings themselves, and I cannotrefrain from saying that I find Weege’s statements andopinions, and the parallels which he adduces, too often morefanciful than convincing, in spite of the vast erudition displayedtherein. I do not find anything in my own textwhich I feel inclined to alter after reading his book.

FREDERIK POULSEN.

Copenhagen,