Wall painting fragment

FragmentsRoman1st century BCE-1st century CE

Wall painting fragment

100 BCE-100 CE

Description

On yellow ground: two circular patterns each with concentric designs of white, and yellow; red and pink along bottom edge.

Classification

Fragments

Technique

Fresco painting

Medium

Pigment on plaster

Culture

Roman

Period

Roman Republican period, Late, to Early Imperial

Century

1st century BCE-1st century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

H. 14 x W. 13.4 x D. 2 cm (5 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 13/16 in.)

Provenance

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

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