Nov 28, 2008

The Pitsa-panels


It was the general opinion of the ancients that painting had been founded at Sikyon and line-drawing had been accomplished there. The Pitsa panels dating from 540 BC, in someway confirm this. These miniature unique specimens of painting were found in a cave at the near-by village of Pitsa, in the district of Sikyon. Though time has taken a lot of them, they are excellent pieces of painting exquisitely drawn on wooden panels with a wide range of colors. The pictures below are two of the four similar tablets found
(National Archaelogical Museum, Athens).

The whole vase (jug) of the 7th century BC, made
at Sikyon or possibly Corinth. (Villa Giulia, Rome).


The first panel depicts a sacrificial scene and procession of votaries


The second panel shows women socializing.



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