Friends of Greek Art Lecture: Shedding Light on the Etruscans

The Etruscans were a major cultural presence in the ancient Mediterranean. Nancy de Grummond (FSU) sheds light on this important but elusive Italian civilization and brings context to the Etruscan artifacts in the NCMA collection.

Image: Etruscan, probably from Caere, Antefix with Head of a Satyr, mid-5th century BCE, terracotta with pigment, H. 12 3/8 × W. 11 3/4 × D. 4 3/4 in., Purchased with funds from the State of North Carolina and the North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation