Terracotta antefix (roof tile) with head of a maenad
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late 4th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
On temple roofs, maenad antefixes often alternate with satyr-head antefixes. Here, the maenad wears an elaborate diadem and very large grape-cluster earrings, a type of jewelry especially popular in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- late 4th century BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Etruscan, Cerveteri
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Purchase by subscription, 1896
