Pompeii / Wall painting fragment / Paint / Pigment / Plaster or mortar

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Record Details

Object Identifier
0000.00.2522a
Object Name
Wall painting fragment
Object Type
Friezes
Length
5.2;
Width
9.7;
Height
9.3;
Thickness
;
Weight
;459.3g
Pierced
no
Inscribed
no
Full Artifact Description
Checkerboard background in white, crimson, black and maroon with cream-colored stuccoed painted frieze with ‘bull’s horns’ and curvilinear design in red and gray. Paint peeling.
Verbatim Date
2nd C BC-79 AD
Verbatim Provenance
Italy
Verbatim Site
Pompeii
Production Site
site
Countermark
no
Publication Title
Pompeii, Its Life and Art
Publication Author
Mau, A: trans. Kelsey, F. W.
Publication Year
0000
Class Title
Ancient Painting
The Romans on Display
Ancient Painting (F2017)
Art of Everyday Objects in Ancient Greece and Rome (W2023)
Class Instructor
Gazda, Elaine
Ng, Diana
Class Department
History of Art
UM_DARTH
Class Number
534
394
390
Class Year
2015
2016
2017
2023
Class Semester
Winter
Fall
Type Category
Artifact

Technical Details

Image Size
2272 x 1704
File Size
222 KB
Record
0000.00.2522a
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.2522a/0000_00_2522ap02.tif

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"Pompeii; Wall painting fragment; Paint; Pigment; Plaster or mortar." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.2522a/0000_00_2522ap02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.
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