The Etruscan chariot from Monteleone di Spoleto

• Published in: Metropolitan Museum Journal Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 9 - 132
• Main Author: Emiliozzi, Adriana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.2011

The restoration and reconstruction of the Etruscan chariot from Monteleone di Spoleto took place as part of the reinstallation of the galleries of Greek and Roman art completed in 2007. In its new state, the chariot is illustrated in the book accompanying the reinstallation, "Art of the classical world in the Metropolitan Museum of Art : Greece, Cyprus, Etruria, Rome." This article traces the circumstances of the discovery and acquisition of the Monteleone chariot, its first reconstruction, the typology of the vehicle, and the nature of its remarkable decoration from both the technical and iconographic points of view; further, this publication identifies the craftsman who created it and the patron who commissioned it. Concludes with a comparison between the original chariot, as the author understands it, and the reconstruction. [Abridged Publication Abstract]