Pompeii / fragment of wall painting / Paint / Pigment / Plaster or mortar
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.0309
- Object Name
- fragment of wall painting
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Category
- Artifact
- Object Type
- Architectural elements
- Full Artifact Description
- Triangular fragment of stucco, pale blue with thick dark red and a thin white stripe.
- Marks: Surface dirty. Paint chipping.
- Materials
- Paint
- Pigment
- Plaster or mortar
- Design Style
- “2nd- 3rd cent. style”
Measurements
- Weight
- 210.7 g
- Length
- 11.1
- Width
- 10.5 max.
- Height
- Thickness: 3.1
- Measurement Notes
- 12.7 cm x 8 cm, 3.3 cm thick
Date
- Date
- 2nd C BC to 79 AD
Provenance
Publications and Exhibitions
- Publications
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Pompeii, Its Life and Art. Mau, A: trans. Kelsey, F. W..
- Exhibitions
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Ancient Color. 2019.
Discovery! Excavating the Ancient World. 2013.
The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii: Ancient Ritual Modern Muse. 2000.
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.00.0309
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0309/dsc_1489.jpg
Rights and Permissions
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- Full citation
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"Pompeii; fragment of wall painting; Paint; Pigment; Plaster or mortar." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0309/dsc_1489.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2024.
