Here, too, on a little chapel, is the famous picture by Overbeck; too exact a copy, but how different in effect from the early art we had just seen above! Harmonious but frigid, grave but dull; childhood is beautiful, but not when continued, or rather transplanted, into the period where we look for passion, varied means, and manly force.
Before reaching Perugia, I visited an Etrurian tomb, which is a little way off the road; it is said to be one of the finest in Etruria.

The hill-side is full of them, but excavations are expensive, and not frequent.

The effect of this one was beyond my expectations; in it were several female figures, very dignified and calm, as the dim lamp-light fell on them by turns.

The expression of these figures shows that the position of woman in these states was noble.

Their eagles' nests cherished well the female eagle who kept watch in the eyrie.
Perugia too is on a noble hill.