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Fresco of a Love Scene on the Nile
This 1st Century CE Roman fresco portrays an erotic scene in a Nile setting. The fresco itself comes from the "House of the Ephebus" in Pompeii and it currently resides at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples in Italy.

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Fresco Depicting the Council of Trent
Council of Trent (1545-1563), fresco by Pasquale Cati, 1588.
Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere.

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Fresco of Laocoön in the Casa del Menandro
A fresco depicting the Laocoön story in the Casa del Menandro, Pompeii. (Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0)

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Fresco of Hipparchia & Crates
A Roman fresco depicting Hipparchia of Maroneia (l. c. 350 – 280 BCE) and Crates of Thebes (l. c. 360 – 280 BCE). 1st Century CE. From the Villa Farnesina, Museo delle Terme, Rome.

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Fresco with Basket of Fruit, Oplontis Villa Poppaea
Fresco in the Second Pompeian Style with a basket of fruit covered by a very thin veil. 1st century BCE. Oplontis Villa Poppaea (also known as Oplontis Villa A), Italy.

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Fresco of a Woman Holding a Mirror
A fresco showing a woman looking in a mirror as she dresses (or undresses) her hair. From the Villa of Arianna at Stabiae (Castellammare di Stabia). 1st century CE. Naples National Archaeological Museum.

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Fresco of Basil the Great
Located at the Cathedral of Ohrid, Macedonia, this fresco, from the 11th century CE, depicts Saint Basil (Basil the Great) blessing gifts in the Divine Liturgy. Basil was born c. 330 CE and died 379 CE.

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Fresco with Hylas in Salamis, Cyprus
Fresco in the bath complex of Salamis in Cyprus depicting the myth of Hylas and the water nymphs, end of 3rd century CE.

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Fresco with a Gladiator
Fresco fragment with a gladiatorial scene (munus gladiatorium), from the Forum of Vesunna (Périgueux), 2nd century CE. Photo taken in 2015 at the Empire of Colour. From Pompeii to Southern Gaul exhibition at the Musée Saint-Raymond in Toulouse...

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Fresco of Fraumunster's Foundation by Bodmer
A fresco by the Swiss artist Paul Bodmer (1886-1983 CE) within the Fraumunster which illustrates the legend of its founding by Princesses Hildegard and Bertha in the mid-9th century CE.