Traveller and sorceress
Fresco from Pompeii (VI. 9. 6).62—79 CE.
45 × 50 cm. Inv. No. 9106.Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXIIPhoto by Luigi Spina
Traveller and sorceress.
Fresco from Pompeii (VI. 9. 6).
62—79 CE.
45 × 50 cm.
62—79 CE.
45 × 50 cm.
Inv. No. 9106.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXII
(Napoli, Museo archeologico nazionale, Sala LXXII).
Origin:
Pompeii, VI. 9. 6, House of Castor and Pollux, room 9, on upper section frieze at east end of south wall of tablinum, 18th June 1828.
Description:
Al centro una donna, accovacciata su un podio e con il copricapo di paglia, offre acqua a un mendico, caratterizzato da una corta tunica bianca.
Traveller and sorceress, from Pompeii, House of the Dioscuri (VI, 9, 6)
inv. 9106The fragment comes from a longer frieze in the landscape genre which embellished the side panels of one of the walls of the tablinum in the house. In front of a reed hut a woman distinguished by the typical conical straw hat (tholia) of the Hellenistic tanagrines is seated on a cylindrical pedestal and offers a drink to a wayfarer; while his dog waits patiently.
This miniature, executed in the rapid daubs of the so-called “impressionistic” technique, exudes a faintly exotic fascination.
Credits:
Google Cultural Institute.
© Photo: Luigi Spina.
2019. Add. information: http://pompeiiinpictures.com.
© 1996. Description: Stefano De Caro. The National Archaeological Museum of Naples. Soprintendenza Archeologica di Napoli e Caserta. Electa, Napoli, 2001. P. 179.
© Photo: Luigi Spina.
2019. Add. information: http://pompeiiinpictures.com.
© 1996. Description: Stefano De Caro. The National Archaeological Museum of Naples. Soprintendenza Archeologica di Napoli e Caserta. Electa, Napoli, 2001. P. 179.
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