Work Record
Class [controlled]:
• sculpture • Greek and Roman art
*Work
Type [link]:
• statue
*Title:
Ploughman of Arretium
*Creator
Display: Etruscan
*Role
[link]: sculptor [link]: Etruscan
*Creation
Date: 6th century BCE [controlled]: •
Earliest: -0599
• Latest: -0500
*Subject
[links]: • genre • ploughman
• oxen • farming •
labor • afterlife
Culture [link]:
Etruscan
*Current
Location [link]: Archaeological
Museum (Florence, Italy) • ID:
unavailable
Discovery Location:
Arezzo (Tuscany, Italy)
*Measurements:
18.41 cm (length) (7 1/4 inches)
[controlled]: • Value:
18.41 Unit:
cm Type: length
*Materials
and Techniques: bronze
Material [links]:
• bronze
Description: This
figure was found in one of the many sanctuaries
from Etruscan Arretium (Arezzo), and was probably
a votive offering. The subject of ploughing reflects
a natural preoccupation of the inhabitants of Arretium,
which was an outpost of Chiusi in a fertile farming
region.
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