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Pelias Recognizes Jason, Fresco from Pompeii
Pelias recognizes Jason, fresco from Pompeii, 1st century CE, Exhibition: Medea's Love and the Hunt for the Golden Fleece (2018-2019), Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, Frankfurt am Main
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Roman fresco with flowers and birds
Wall painting fragment with flowers and birds, from a Roman villa around Mt. Vesuvius, before 79 CE. (Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, Germany)
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First Pompeian Style Fresco in Pella
Interior wall of a house in Pella, Macedonia with coloured plaster in the First Pompeian Style, 2nd century BCE.
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Roman Sea Fauna Fresco
A fragment of a Roman wall painting depicting sea fauna. From Rome, 125-150 CE. (Palazzo Massimo, Rome)
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Minoan Bull Leaping
A fresco showing bull leaping, Minoan Knossos (Final Palatial period 1450-1400 BCE), Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete.
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Sex in Pompeii
This Roman fresco shows the act of making love. It was found in the bedroom (cubiculum) of the Casa del Centenario (IX 8,3) in Pompeii. 1st Century CE.
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Roman Frescoed Room
A room from the Villa of the Farnesina, Rome, early 1st century BCE. Probably used as a bedroom. The fresco surrounds the whole room and uses trompe-l'oeil effects to create perspective. The central panel shows Dionysos nursed by nymphs...
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The Cubiculum of the Veiled Woman
Fresco found in the Catacombs of Priscilla, Rome, Italy and dated to 250 CE. It shows a woman wearing a rich purple garment and a veil, with her hands raised in the position used by priests for public worship
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The Sacrifice of Iphigenia
Fourth Style fresco depicting the Sacrifice of Iphigenia, from the House of the Tragic Poet in Pompeii. 1st century CE. (Naples National Archaeological Museum) Iphigenia is dragged to the altar as a sacrificial offering to Artemis. On either...
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The Good Shepherd, Catacombs of Priscilla
The Good Shepherd fresco in the Catacombs of Priscilla (Rome) and dated to c. 225 CE.
