Sacral landscape
Fresco from Herculaneum.
54—79 CE.
34 × 61 cm.
Inv. No. 9419.Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXIVPhoto by Luigi Spina

Sacral landscape.

Fresco from Herculaneum.
54—79 CE.
34 × 61 cm.
Inv. No. 9419.

Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXIV
(Napoli, Museo archeologico nazionale, Sala LXXIV).

Herculaneum, House of the Bronze Herm (III, 16).
Origin:
Herculaneum, III. 16, Casa dell’ Erma di Bronzo, or House of the Bronze Herm, from upper or centre of north wall in corridor 6, 18th March 1763.
Description:
Il quadretto presenta una triplice cornice rettangolare. Al centro è un tempio distilo su un’altura, sulla quale è anche un albero sacro.
Literature:
D. Esposito, 2014. La pittura di Ercolano, Studi della Soprintendenza di Pompei, 33. Rome, L’Erma di Bretschneider, tav. 41, fig. 4, 5.
M. P. Guidobaldi, D. Esposito, 2013. Herculaneum: Art of the Buried City. USA, Abbeyville Press, p. 144.
Credits:
Google Cultural Institute.
© Photo: Luigi Spina.
2019. Add. information: http://herculaneum.uk.
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