1977.216.2152: Three fragments of wall painting
Fragments
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.216.2152
- Title
- Three fragments of wall painting
- Classification
- Fragments
- Work Type
- wall painting fragment(s)
- Date
- 1st century CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Early
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/290885
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Pigment on plaster
- Technique
- Fresco painting
- Dimensions
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Fragment 1: H. 5 × W. 7.3 × D. 1.3 cm (1 15/16 × 2 7/8 × 1/2 in.)
Fragment 2: H. 3.5 × W. 3.3 × D. 1.1 cm (1 3/8 × 1 5/16 × 7/16 in.)
Fragment 3: H. 3.9 × W. 6.3 × D. 1.2 cm (1 9/16 × 2 1/2 × 1/2 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Brought from a villa near Palestrina. Dr. A.S. Pease (by 1909), gift; to Department of the Classics, Harvard University 1909, transfer; to the Fogg Museum of Art, 1977.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Gift of Dr. A. S. Pease
- Accession Year
- 1977
- Object Number
- 1977.216.2152
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Three wall painting fragments, said to come from a villa near Palestrina. Plain red ground; fragments on left and right have thin white, decorative bands.
- Commentary
- Brightly colored wall paintings often decorated the interior, and sometimes exterior, of Roman buildings. The fragment shown is just one small part of a much larger decorative scheme that would have covered an entire wall.
Subjects and Contexts
- Roman Domestic Art
Verification Level
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