Nenfro

The Winged lion of Vulci, Louvre, Paris

Centaur of Vulci, National Etruscan Museum, Villa Giulia, Rome

Nenfro is a volcanic rock, gray tuff with a soft but compact structure,^[1] typical of the Viterbo region that the Etruscans used in their sculptures of northern Lazio:

• The Winged lion of Vulci, in the Louvre
• The Centaur of Vulci, preserved in the Villa Giulia in Rome
• The sarcophagus of Laris Pulena MS 3488 of Civita Musarna.^[2]
• The sarcophagi figured at the galleries and the entrance to the Tarquinia National Museum

One of its features is to take a pinkish tint when drying.^[3]

References

1. ↑ Definition from Dizi.it
2. ↑ Catalogue of the Etruscan gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum
3. ↑ Œuvres d'art étrusque découvertes à Castro.