Europe
Paintings of Lascaux
Unknown
When it was made
c. 17,000 years ago
How do we know this date?
The date is approximate. (approximate date)
Certainty: high Source: Radiocarbon
The Hall of the Bulls and other galleries — an iconic ensemble of Ice Age cave painting.
Facts
- Culture
- Magdalenian culture
- Place of origin
- Dordogne, France
- Where it is today
- in situ (closed; Lascaux IV replica)
- Institution
- in situ
- Type
- Rock art
- Material
- ochre
- Movement / style
- Paleolithic art
