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Fresco of Dionysos and Ariadne, Getty Villa
Image by The J. Paul Getty Museum

Fresco of Dionysos and Ariadne, Getty Villa

Fresco Panel Depicting Dionysos and Ariadne, between 1 and 79 CE. Nude but for the drapery swirling around them, Bacchus and his consort Ariadne walk with arms entwined against a plain white background, as if floating. Ariadne lifts a...
Fresco Showing the Riot of 59 CE in the Amphitheatre of Pompeii
Image by Carole Raddato

Fresco Showing the Riot of 59 CE in the Amphitheatre of Pompeii

Fourth Style fresco depicting a riot that broke out in Pompeii in 59 CE during games held in the arena involving Pompeians and inhabitants of Nuceria. On the orders of Nero, this event led to the closure of the amphitheatre for ten years...
Fresco of Duck and Tripod, Columbarium 3, Vigna Codini
Image by Francesca Santoro L'hoir

Fresco of Duck and Tripod, Columbarium 3, Vigna Codini

This fresco is on the first landing of the columbarium discovered in 1852 CE at the Vigna Codini, on the strip of land between Via Latina and Via Appia. The fresco has crumbled from the wall, revealing the first-century CE opus reticulatum...
Fresco, Pompeii
Image by Mary Harrsch (Photographed at the Museo Archaeologico Nazionale di Napoli)

Fresco, Pompeii

A Fresco (c. 60 CE) from the Roman town of Pompeii depicting Terentius Neo holding a scroll and his wife who holds a stylus and writing tablet. From the Villa di Guilia Felice. The villas of Pompeii were richly decorated with wall paintings...
Fresco with Wounded Aeneas
Image by Carole Raddato

Fresco with Wounded Aeneas

Fresco depicting Iapyx removing an arrowhead from Aeneas' thigh. Venus stands over while beside Aeneas stands his young son Ascanius. 1st century CE (between 45 and 79 CE), from Pompeii. (Naples National Archaeological Museum).
Fresco, Livia's Villa, Rome
Image by Mark Cartwright

Fresco, Livia's Villa, Rome

A detail of the garden fresco from the winter triclinium (dining room) from the Villa of Livia, wife of Augustus, Rome. The life-size representations of trees, flowers, fruit and birds decorate all four walls of the room to create a continuous...
Fresco of a Statue of Mars, Pompeii
Image by Carole Raddato

Fresco of a Statue of Mars, Pompeii

Mars, the Roman god of war, is painted standing on a plinth in this fresco from Pompeii. In a typical pose, he has a spear, shield and crested helmet. (House of Venus, Pompeii)
Fresco of Eros Punished in the Presence of Aphrodite
Image by Carole Raddato

Fresco of Eros Punished in the Presence of Aphrodite

Fresco representing the punishment of Eros by Aphrodite (Venus), discovered in the House of Punished Love in Pompeii, 25 BCE, National Archaeological Museum, Naples.
Fresco of Perseus Releasing Andromeda
Image by Carole Raddato

Fresco of Perseus Releasing Andromeda

Fourth style fresco depicting Perseus freeing Andromeda from her chains on the rock, from the House of the Dioscuri in Pompeii, National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Andromeda, chained helplessly on the rock, a prey to pacify a sea monster...
Fresco with Urania
Image by Carole Raddato

Fresco with Urania

A fresco fragment depicting Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, from the House of Julia Felix in Pompeii, 62-79 CE. (now in Louvre Museum, Paris)
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