FragmentsGraeco-Roman

Fragment of wall painting

Description

Fragment of a wall painting; plain red ground with no decoration.

Classification

Fragments

Technique

Fresco painting

Medium

Pigment on plaster

Culture

Graeco-Roman

Period

Roman Republican period, Late, to Early Imperial

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

irregular: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Professor J.M. Paton (since 1893), gift; to the Department of the Classics Harvard University, 1893, transfer; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1977.

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