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Fresco with Theatre Mask and Peacock, Oplontis Villa Poppaea
Image by Carole Raddato

Fresco with Theatre Mask and Peacock, Oplontis Villa Poppaea

Fresco in the Second Style showing a theatre mask, a peacock, and a perspective view of colonnades. The fresco decorates the east wall of the large oecus (room) of the Oplontis Villa Poppaea, Italy. 1st century BCE.
Roman Hermaphrodite Fresco
Image by Carole Raddato

Roman Hermaphrodite Fresco

Fresco fragment depicting a hermaphrodite displaying both male and female anatomy, 2nd half of 3rd century CE, from Capua. (Museo Barracco, Rome)
Lyre Player and Bird Fresco
Image by Leporello78

Lyre Player and Bird Fresco

A fresco from the throne room of the Palace of Nestor at Pylos, often referred to as the 'Orpheus Fresco' depicts a seated lyre player and a bird in flight. It dates to c. 1300 BCE and this watercolour reconstruction was completed by Piet...
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 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...
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 in Hagia Sophia, Trebizond
Image by Michael Goodyear

Fresco in Hagia Sophia, Trebizond

Interior fresco in the Hagia Sophia Church in Trebizond (present-day Trabzon, Turkey). 13th century CE.
Fresco in the Saint Sophia Cathedral
Image by Unknown Artist

Fresco in the Saint Sophia Cathedral

Well-preserved fresco of a saint, 11th century. Saint Sophia Cathedral of Kyiv.
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