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Unidentified painter of Poseidonia

The painter of the Tomb of the Diver is unidentified. The paintings were discovered in 1968 south of ancient Poseidonia. The lid shows a dive into water, while the side slabs depict a symposium. The work belongs to a local funerary tradition. The museum proposes a symbolic reading, but the painter's precise intention is undocumented.

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Diver — painted lid from the Tomb of the Diver — Unidentified painter of PoseidoniaUnidentified painter of Poseidonia

Diver — painted lid from the Tomb of the Diver

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