Andriuolo – Tomb 47 - East Slab
In the small triangular tympanum of the east slab, the deceased tiny woman, is about to get on the hellish boat driven by a winged genie. This hybrid figure, which mixes the traits of the Greek Charon and the Etruscan Vanth, belongs to the local pantheon and assumes the function of helmsman of the Underworld. The ship is rendered in profile in its stern half, and the access stairway drawn in perspective: despite it is built around a canonical scheme, this composition has no comparison.
Lucanian frescos - Tomb 47
Ca. 350 BC
Andriuolo necropolis, Paestum
Paestum, Archaeological Museum
Andriuolo – Tomb 47 - East Slab
In the small triangular tympanum of the east slab, the deceased tiny woman, is about to get on the hellish boat driven by a winged genie. This hybrid figure, which mixes the traits of the Greek Charon and the Etruscan Vanth, belongs to the local pantheon and assumes the function of helmsman of the Underworld. The ship is rendered in profile in its stern half, and the access stairway drawn in perspective: despite it is built around a canonical scheme, this composition has no comparison.
Lucanian frescos - Tomb 47
Ca. 350 BC
Andriuolo necropolis, Paestum
Paestum, Archaeological Museum