Tomb of the Triclinium

between 470 and 440 BC

The tomb was discovered in 1830 in the Calvario area. G. Dennis defined it as ‘the tomb of joy and feasts’. The paintings were detached in 1949. The burial chamber is rectangular. On the back wall, above a base with a sea wave motif, a funerary banquet is depicted in an outdoor setting: three couples of diners, from which the tomb takes its name, are depicted lying on klinai (banquet couches).
One of the couples is seen in profile. In the foreground, under low tables for tableware, there are a rooster, a cat, and a partridge. The banquet is animated by musicians and both male and female dancers and served by cupbearers and attendants, depicted on the side walls.
Because of the perfection of the design and the refinement of the details, which brings these paintings closer to Attic red-figure pottery, many scholars have attributed the paintings to a Greek or Etruscan artist who had been trained in a Greek environment.

The Etruscan Tombs

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