Portrait of an Etruscan Athletic Official: A Multi-Analytical Study of a Painted Terracotta Wall Panel
The Getty’s Etruscan painted terracotta wall panel, <i>Athletic Official,</i> recently has been speculated to be associated with a Caeretan wall panel depicting a <i>Discobolus</i> based on a shared iconography. To better understand the materials and techniques used to create...
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| author | Monica Ganio Douglas MacLennan Marie Svoboda Claire Lyons Karen Trentelman |
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| description | The Getty’s Etruscan painted terracotta wall panel, <i>Athletic Official,</i> recently has been speculated to be associated with a Caeretan wall panel depicting a <i>Discobolus</i> based on a shared iconography. To better understand the materials and techniques used to create the Getty panel and investigate its relation to extant Etruscan painted terracotta panels, a multi-analytical study was conducted, using broadband visible, IR, and UV imaging, along with scanning MA-XRF, FORS, Raman, SEM-EDS, and XRD analytical techniques. The analytical results together with PCA analysis suggest the clay support of the Getty panel is most similar in composition to that of panels from Cerveteri. A manganese black was identified in the decorative scheme; not commonly employed, this appears to be an important marker for the workshop practice in Cerveteri. Most significantly, the use of MA-XRF scanning allowed for invisible ruling lines on the <i>Athletic Official</i>, presumably laid down at the earliest stages of the creation of the panel, to be visualized. Taken together, the results of this study provide new insights into Caeretan workshop practice as well as provide a framework for better understanding the design and execution of Etruscan polychromy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-17984bd0fa634da3b6c8629602e2998b2023-11-23T08:37:27ZengMDPI AGHeritage2571-94082021-12-01444596460810.3390/heritage4040253Portrait of an Etruscan Athletic Official: A Multi-Analytical Study of a Painted Terracotta Wall PanelMonica Ganio0Douglas MacLennan1Marie Svoboda2Claire Lyons3Karen Trentelman4Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, CA 90049, USAGetty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, CA 90049, USAThe J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA 90049, USAThe J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA 90049, USAGetty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, CA 90049, USAThe Getty’s Etruscan painted terracotta wall panel, <i>Athletic Official,</i> recently has been speculated to be associated with a Caeretan wall panel depicting a <i>Discobolus</i> based on a shared iconography. To better understand the materials and techniques used to create the Getty panel and investigate its relation to extant Etruscan painted terracotta panels, a multi-analytical study was conducted, using broadband visible, IR, and UV imaging, along with scanning MA-XRF, FORS, Raman, SEM-EDS, and XRD analytical techniques. The analytical results together with PCA analysis suggest the clay support of the Getty panel is most similar in composition to that of panels from Cerveteri. A manganese black was identified in the decorative scheme; not commonly employed, this appears to be an important marker for the workshop practice in Cerveteri. Most significantly, the use of MA-XRF scanning allowed for invisible ruling lines on the <i>Athletic Official</i>, presumably laid down at the earliest stages of the creation of the panel, to be visualized. Taken together, the results of this study provide new insights into Caeretan workshop practice as well as provide a framework for better understanding the design and execution of Etruscan polychromy.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/4/4/253EtruscanMA-XRFterracottaprovenance |
| spellingShingle | Monica Ganio Douglas MacLennan Marie Svoboda Claire Lyons Karen Trentelman Portrait of an Etruscan Athletic Official: A Multi-Analytical Study of a Painted Terracotta Wall Panel Heritage Etruscan MA-XRF terracotta provenance |
| title | Portrait of an Etruscan Athletic Official: A Multi-Analytical Study of a Painted Terracotta Wall Panel |
| title_full | Portrait of an Etruscan Athletic Official: A Multi-Analytical Study of a Painted Terracotta Wall Panel |
| title_fullStr | Portrait of an Etruscan Athletic Official: A Multi-Analytical Study of a Painted Terracotta Wall Panel |
| title_full_unstemmed | Portrait of an Etruscan Athletic Official: A Multi-Analytical Study of a Painted Terracotta Wall Panel |
| title_short | Portrait of an Etruscan Athletic Official: A Multi-Analytical Study of a Painted Terracotta Wall Panel |
| title_sort | portrait of an etruscan athletic official a multi analytical study of a painted terracotta wall panel |
| topic | Etruscan MA-XRF terracotta provenance |
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