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
The first panel depicts a sacrificial scene and procession of votaries
The second panel shows women socializing.
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(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.
