The British writer D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930) visited maybe two dozen Etruscan sepulchers of the Monterozzi necropolis during two days in April 1927. He describes visiting fifteen of them (see Etruscan Places, posthumously published in 1932). It is on that occasion that he points out the idea of a Etruscan joyousness and hedonism opposed to the Roman austerity and militarism; an interpretation that would support his polemics against Mussolini’s regime, which saw itself as the heir of the powerful Romanitas.
I described a few of these painted tombs in my own way, in 2015-2016 and again in 2025-2026.
(See also the recent show at Il liberatorio, Viterbo, September 2026: Intrusi in posti etruschi, proiezione , and the available pieces of this series: Tarquinia B)
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Like a slideshow, the existing pieces (30×30 cm, lead framed):
Tarquinia B 00, 2024, Tomba delle leonesse – Franz Boas (private collection).
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Tarquinia B 02, 2015, Tomba dei Caronti – Ainu (private collection).
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Tarquinia B 04, 2015, Tomba del fiore di loto – Hopi, Ona.
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Tarquinia B 05, 2015, Tomba del cacciatore – Chinois (private collection).
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Tarquinia B 06, 2015, Tomba dei giocolieri – Kwakiutl (private collection).
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Tarquinia B 07, 2025, Tomba del letto funebre – Samaritans.
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Tarquinia B series, as shown at Via dalla Storia. Le fil rouge exhibition, MLAC, Rome, March-April 2026.
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April-September 2026:
Tarquinia B 08, 2026, Tomba Pallottino – drum contest (private collection).
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Tarquinia B 10, 2026, Tomba della caccia e della pesca – Inuit.
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Tarquinia B 11, 2026, Tomba Cardarelli – Samaritans.
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Tarquinia B 12, 2026, Tomba Moretti – Ammassalik.
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Tarquinia B 13, Tomba della caccia al cervo – Kwakiutl.
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Tarquinia B 14, 2026, Tomba Bartoccini – Keams Canyon, students.
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Tarquinia B 15, 2026, Tomba Bettini – Keams Canyon, the teacher.
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Tarquinia B 16, 2026, Tomba dei fiorellini – Palestine Broadcasting Service.
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Tarquinia B 17, 2026, Tomba dei leopardi – Hostile Hopi (private collection).
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September 2026, Intrusi in posti etruschi, Il liberatorio, Viterbo.
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After the Liberatorio, a new series, September-October 2026:
Tarquinia B 19 (07 bis), Tomba della caccia e della pesca – Kiryat Luza.
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Tarquinia B 20, Tomba Bettini, Hostile Hopi 1905.
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Tarquinia B 21, Tomba del guerriero – Keams Canyon, a student.
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Tarquinia B 22, Tomba delle leonesse – Uppsala, men.
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Tarquinia B 23, Tomba del letto funebre – Selk’man.
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October 2026: completing the new series with the addition of a fluorescent shape.
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Tarquinia B 24, Tomba del Gorgoneion – Drum contest.
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Tarquinia B 25, Tomba dei leopardi – Uppsala women.
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Tarquinia B 26 (13 bis), Tomba dei loculi – Kwakiutl.
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Tarquinia B 27 (14 bis), Tomba Pallottino – Keams canyon, height students.
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Tarquinia B 28 (16 bis), Tomba del cacciatore – Palestine Broadcasting Service.
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Tarquinia B 29 (15 bis), Tomba Moretti – Keams Canyon, Mr. Neel.
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Tarquinia B 30, Tomba Bartoccini – Uppsala, women (private collection).
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Tarquinia B 31, Tomba delle Baccanti – Ammassalik.
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Tarquinia B 32, Tomba dei Caronti – Hopi youngsters.
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Tarquinia B 33, Tomba della caccia al cervo – Ainu.
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Tarquinia B 34, Tomba della fustigazione – Kreuzlingen.
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Studio view, October 22.