Harvard Art Museums > 1925.6.36: Wall painting fragment 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 , 1925.6.36,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/292240. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1925.6.36 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 Culture Roman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/292240 Physical Descriptions Medium Pigment on plaster Technique Fresco painting Dimensions H. 2.4 × W. 6 × D. 1.3 cm (15/16 × 2 3/8 × 1/2 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Fausto Benedetti, Rome (by 1925), gift; to the Fogg Museum of Art, 1925. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Fausto Benedetti Accession Year 1925 Object Number 1925.6.36 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 Band of thick, white paint with visible brushstrokes. On either end are circular medallions. Repeating red patterns in the white border and medallions. Green ground above the border and traces of porphyry-red below. Publication History Carol A. Grissom, Green Earth, Artists' pigments: a handbook of their history and characteristics, Vol. 1, ed. Robert L. Feller, National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C., 1986), 141-167, p. 62 Exhibition History 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
