Wall painting fragment
FragmentsRoman1st century CE

Wall painting fragment

1st century CE

Description

On bright red ground: a white bud is flanked on either side by stylized, vegetal volutes. In several places the paint has worn revealing the white underpaint design for the volutes.

Classification
Fragments
Technique
Fresco painting
Medium
Pigment on plaster
Culture
Roman
Period
Roman Imperial period, Early
Century
1st century CE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

H. 5 x W. 5.9 x D. 2 cm (1 15/16 x 2 5/16 x 13/16 in.)

Provenance

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

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