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Wall painting fragment

Wall painting fragment

FragmentsRoman1st century BCE-1st century CE

Wall painting fragment

20 BCE-45 CE

Description

On dark red ground: a white, horizontal band serves as a ground line. Added green secco for shading and thinly painted details suggest this may be the upper part of an entablature. On top of this band are two stylized legs of a chair, or other piece of furnishing. Light cream adds highlights to the detail.

Classification

Fragments

Technique

Fresco painting

Medium

Pigment on plaster

Culture

Roman

Period

Roman Imperial period, Early

Century

1st century BCE-1st century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

H. 12.5 x W. 8.6 cm (4 15/16 x 3 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Fausto Benedetti, Rome (by 1925), gift; to Fogg Museum of Art, 1925.

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