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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1925.6.27
Title
Wall Painting Fragment with Architectural Detail
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
wall painting fragment(s)
Date
1 CE-45 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World
Period
Roman Imperial period
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292281

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pigment on plaster
Technique
Fresco painting
Dimensions
H. 10 x W. 11 x D. 1.5 cm (3 15/16 x 4 5/16 x 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Fausto Benedetti, Rome (by 1925), gift; to 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
1925.6.27
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This fragment of wall painting depicts an architectural feature on a red background. On the right, is a column capital rendered in white with hints of grey and pink for shading and highlight. Behind the capital, a band of dark red/purple indicates overlap and spatial recession.
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 column seen in this fragment is characteristic of the detailed architectural scenes that decorated compositions from the late first century BCE onwards.



Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2018 - 05/06/2018

Subjects and Contexts

  • Roman Domestic Art

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