Ombra della sera
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The Ombra della sera
Ombra della sera (Italian for "Shadow of the evening") is an Etruscan statue from the town of Velathri, later Volterra. It was first depicted in a 1737 collection of Etruscan antiquities.[1] Similarities to the work of modern artist Alberto Giacometti have been frequently observed. [2]
Features
The statue represents a nude male, 57,5 cm long (about 22,6 inches), with very elongated body but head in normal proportions. It is estimated by archaeologists to date from the third century B.C.[3]
