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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.191
Title
Wall painting fragment
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/287820

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pigment on plaster
Technique
Fresco painting
Dimensions
H. 3 x W. 4.4 x D. 5 cm (1 3/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
From Ostia. Pfeiffer-Hartwell Collection, Watertown, MA (by 1903) gift; to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, 1903, transfer; to Fogg Art Museum, 1977.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Gift of Pfeiffer-Hartwell Collection
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.191
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
On red ground: two bands of gold (4mm); thin band of green.
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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