Three Graces
Fresco from Pompeii (VI Insula Occidentalis).30—45 CE.
53.0 × 47.0 cm. Inv. No. 9231.Naples, National Archaeological MuseumPhoto by Sergey Sosnovskiy
Three Graces.
Fresco from Pompeii (VI Insula Occidentalis).
30—45 CE.
53.0 × 47.0 cm.
30—45 CE.
53.0 × 47.0 cm.
Inv. No. 9231.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum
(Napoli, Museo archeologico nazionale).
Origin:
Found on 12 July 1760 in Pompeii, VI Insula Occidentalis. The exact location is unclear and several possible locations have been put forward:
• VI. 17. 36. — See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi, p. 35. (PAH, 1, 1, 113).
• The excavations at Cività on 12th July 1760. — See Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Terzo: Le Pitture 3, 1762, p. 57—61, pl. 11.
• VI. 17. 31. — See Mattusch C., 2008. Pompeii and the Roman Villa. Thames and Hudson, p. 243.
• Masseria Irace. — This painting, together with two others, was “found under the land of Masseria Irace”. By July 1760, the excavators had returned to the Irace property and removed a set of three panel paintings. One was the myth of Phryxus and Helle, another was a Satyr discovering a Hermaphrodite or Nymph, and the third was the Three Graces. From a nearby colonnaded garden (VII.6.3), came the marble statue of Diana. See Fiorelli G., 1860. Pompeianarum antiquitatum historia, Vol. 1: 1748—1818, Naples, 1, 113—114, 12—19th July 1760.
• VI. 17. 36. — See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi, p. 35. (PAH, 1, 1, 113).
• The excavations at Cività on 12th July 1760. — See Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Terzo: Le Pitture 3, 1762, p. 57—
• VI. 17. 31. — See Mattusch C., 2008. Pompeii and the Roman Villa. Thames and Hudson, p. 243.
• Masseria Irace. — This painting, together with two others, was “found under the land of Masseria Irace”. By July 1760, the excavators had returned to the Irace property and removed a set of three panel paintings. One was the myth of Phryxus and Helle, another was a Satyr discovering a Hermaphrodite or Nymph, and the third was the Three Graces. From a nearby colonnaded garden (VII.6.3), came the marble statue of Diana. See Fiorelli G., 1860. Pompeianarum antiquitatum historia, Vol. 1: 1748—
Credits:
(сс) 2019. Photo: Sergey Sosnovskiy (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Exhibition “Gods, Men, Heroes” (Saint Petersburg, The State Hermitage Museum, 18 Apr. — 23 Jun. 2019).
2019. Text: museum label and the exhibition catalogue (in Rus.).
2021. Add. information: http://pompeiiinpictures.com.
Exhibition “Gods, Men, Heroes” (Saint Petersburg, The State Hermitage Museum, 18 Apr. — 23 Jun. 2019).
2019. Text: museum label and the exhibition catalogue (in Rus.).
2021. Add. information: http://pompeiiinpictures.com.
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