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Forgery of an Etruscan Antefix

Artist Alceo Dossena (Italian, 1878 - 1937)
Dateearly 20th century
MediumPainted terracotta
DimensionsOverall: 18 × 19 1/2 × 11 1/2 inches (45.72 × 49.53 × 29.21 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number50-25
On View
Not on view
Collections
Exhibition History

Discovery and Deceit: Archaeology and the Forger's Craft, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 3-January 5, 1996-1997.

Treasures of Deceit: Archaeology and the Forger's Craft, Fralin Museum of Art (formerly Bayly Art Museum), Charlottesville, VA, January 30-March 22, 1998.

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Vase
1st millennium B.C.E.
35-37/13
Vase
2nd millennium B.C.E.
33-339
Vase
2nd millennium B.C.E.
33-340
Vase
1st millennium B.C.E.
35-37/11
Etruscan Statuette
460-450 B.C.E.
30-12
Etruscan Statuette
3rd-1st century B.C.E.
47-5
Black-figure Olpe
Gorgon Painter
590-580 B.C.E.
59-22
overall
Syleus Painter
ca. 480 B.C.E.
30-13
interior overall
Euaion Painter
ca. 470-460 B.C.E.
51-58
Lekythos with Depiction of Eos and Tithonus
Achilles Painter
450-430 B.C.E.
33-3/2