Coastal landscape
Fresco of the Third style from Boscoreale.Ca. 30 BCE.
32 × 61 cm. Inv. No. 1899,0215.2.London, British Museum
Coastal landscape.
Fresco of the Third style from Boscoreale.
Ca. 30 BCE.
32 × 61 cm.
Ca. 30 BCE.
32 × 61 cm.
Inv. No. 1899,0215.2.
London, British Museum.
Origin:
From Boscoreale villa, Room B, East Wall. Acquired in 1899 from Messrs Canessa.
Description:
Fresco wall painting representing a coastal landscape showing a boat departing from a harbour. It is watched from a tall building by several people, one of whom raises an arm to wave goodbye. In the distance, other boats can be seen, while in the foreground a fisherman fishes from a bridge.
This panel formed part of a wall of a villa at Boscoreale near Pompeii, which was painted in the so-called third style, where central panels showing landscapes, still life such as fruit and fish, or mythological scenes, were framed by elongated frames of columns, candelabra and floral motifs.
Literature:
Hinks R. P., Catalogue of the Greek, Etruscan & Roman Paintings & Mosaics in the British Museum: Paintings, London, The British Museum Press, 1933, 19.
Credits:
(cc) 2019. Photo, text: The British Museum (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
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