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Etruscan sculpture, Medici Villa, Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy

Etruscan sculpted funerary urn cover of a reclining woman, early 1st century BC, from Volterra, in the collection of the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Etruscan sculpted funerary urn cover of a reclining woman, early 1st century BC, from Volterra, in the collection of the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen