Etruscan Art - Etruscan Sculpture

Etruscan Sculpture

The Etruscans were very accomplished sculptors. Though the renowned "Capitoline Wolf" (now at the Capitoline Museum of Rome)is now suggested to have been manufactured in the 13th century AD surviving examples in terracotta and bronze are testimony to this. Some of the more famous examples include:

• the "Arringatore" (Aule Metele), found in Umbria (now at the National Archaeological Museum of Florence)
• the "Apollo of Veii", from the temple at Portanaccio (Veii), attributed to Vulca (now at the National Etruscan Museum)
• the "Chimera of Arezzo" (now at the National Archaeological Museum of Florence)
• "Sarcophagus of the Spouses", from Cerveteri (now at the National Etruscan Museum)

The Apollo of Veii is a good example of the mastery with which Etruscan artist produced these large art pieces. He was made, along with others, to adorn the temple at Portanaccio’s roof line. Although his style is reminiscent of the Greek Kroisos Kouros, the notion of having statues on the top of the roof is entirely an Etruscan derivation.