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Fragment of mural depciting a victorious auriga from a Roman domus of ancient Augusta Raurica, 44 BCE. Augusta Museum, Basel, Switzerland

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- a rather fabulous panel from the large triclinium of the Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale. I love the details of the shadows on the column.

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (SN5). Link - https://t.co/ViArjVex6h

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2021-12-03

For we present this incredible work from the Tomb of the Dancers!

Found in a Peucetian tomb in Ruvo di Puglia in Italy, it dates to the 5th - 4th century BCE. The tomb held the remains of a distinguished warrior.

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depicting possibly a Bacchian rite from the Dionysiac in the Villa of the Mysteries, ca. 50 B.C

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2021-12-03

A lararium, the shrine to the guardian spirits of the Roman household, from a villa at Terzigno, We can see 2 Lares flanking a genius or ancestor-figure, and 2 serpents underneath, representing the nature's principle of generative power.

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2021-11-20


Herakles finds his son Telephos

version of a original of the 2nd century BCE
~Wall painting from

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2021-11-19

Details of the beautiful garden-view frescos which once decorated the triclinium (dining-room) in the Villa of Livia in It must have been amazing to dine in such beautiful surroundings! (📷 Museo Nazionale Romano di Palazzo Massimo)

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These two still life pieces decorated the walls of the House of Julia Felix in Dating to c. 1st century CE, Julia rented parts of her house as luxury apartments prior to Vesuvius's eruption in 79 CE.

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This we present this touching portrait of two young Roman women.

Dating to the 1st century CE, it is a fragment from a now lost decorative wall fresco.

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- a fabulous fragment of Campanian tomb painting, ca. Late 4th Century BC. The larger female figure holds a dove and rosebud, with a pomegranate and cluster of grapes above.

Image: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (H4 116/248). Link - https://t.co/mRww8sLRLW

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2021-10-01

☀️ For the Street Musicians fresco & the mosaic with the same scene were created after a common prototype dated to 3rd c. BC. The fresco is from the Villa Stabia near Pompeii, and the mosaic is from the Pompeii Villa of Cicero. Both are in the Naples museum today.

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2021-09-25

It’s and we’re celebrating with this erotic scene from Pompeii!

Found in the triclinium of the House of the Ephebe, this tableau depicts a central couple enjoying an intimate moment while others look on. The person to left plays an instrument…

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2021-09-24

It’s and we’re celebrating with this beautiful detail of a bird by a fountain.

This is part of a much larger tripartite fresco from the House of the Golden Bracelet, Pompeii.

🏛 Naples Museum

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Sacrifice of Iphigeneia (1st century AD)

Roman fresco, 140 x 138 cm
Casa del Poeta Tragico
Pompeii (VI, 8, 3.5), Naples 🇮🇹

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2021-08-28

"House of Ceii". The grand fresco (my fav) with wild animals hunting at the Nile Delta was restored to its colorful former glory. Painted on the garden's back wall it expanded the size of the area and evoked an idyllic atmosphere.

https://t.co/LMKKnHjy8w

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- beginning with this Late 1st Century AD fresco fragment from the amphitheatre at Mérida. The excellent preservation is due to the fresco being re-used in a tomb.

Image: National Museum of Roman Art, Mérida (CE26719). Link - https://t.co/PudUnpwQ5Z

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Cacciata di Eliodoro dal Tempio (1511-12)

Affresco
Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520)🎨🇮🇹
Stanza di Eliodoro, Musei Vaticani
Città del Vaticano

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2021-08-07

A final from the atrium of the House of Meleager, Pompeii (VI.9.2). Discovered 12 October 1829, a grief-stricken Dido, alongside the personification of Africa in elephant headdress, as Aeneas departs.

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8898)

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2021-08-06

It’s
Dancing!
Ikarus & Daedalus
The famous School of Athens by Raphael
https://t.co/oW6l71kS5B

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2021-08-06