Harvard Art Museums > 1925.6.35: Wall Painting Fragment with Vegetal Motif Fragments Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Wall Painting Fragment with Vegetal Motif , 1925.6.35,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/292103. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1925.6.35 Title Wall Painting Fragment with Vegetal Motif 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/292103 Physical Descriptions Medium Pigment on plaster Technique Fresco painting Dimensions H. 9.4 x D. 1.3 x W.13.5 cm (3 11/16 x 1/2 x 5 5/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Fausto Benedetti, Rome (by 1925), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1925. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Fausto Benedetti Accession Year 1925 Object Number 1925.6.35 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description This fragment of wall painting depicts a red panel with a black register beneath it, separated by a white band. In the central red section is a repeating pattern of vegetal motifs, rendered in light yellow paint with a thin brush. A white band along the top of the fragment depicts a series of teardrops, which have been left unpainted so that the red ground shows through. 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. The whimsical nature and thin, delicate lines are found in paintings from the first century CE. This style was characterized by highly stylized decorative motifs on panels of flat ground color, often in red, black, or white. Exhibition History Roman Gallery Installation (long-term), Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/16/1999 - 01/20/2008 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2018 - 05/06/2018 Subjects and Contexts Roman Domestic Art Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
