# @gettymuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CClzkyNHX89
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34229900-gettymuseum-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/0262cae444.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-07-13T17:30:49.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty (@gettymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/gettymuseum

## Caption

This is an Etruscan terracotta panel made between 520 and 510 B.C. The figure on it is an athletic trainer, or "agonothetes."

Painted terracotta panels used to line the inside walls of public and private buildings to form monumental painted friezes in some Etruscan towns.

Here Getty scientist Monica is studying the terracotta panel to learn more about the ancient pigments and painting techniques, as well as the manufacturing process. X-ray fluorescence helps scientists learn the elemental composition of materials.

#ArtandScience #Science #Art #Etruscan #GettyVilla #Ancient #Antiquities

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