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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 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...
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Fresco Depicting Dionysus’ Discovery of Ariadne on Naxos, Stabiae
The triclinium (dining room) of the Villa Arianna in Stabiae (southern Italy) was richly decorated in the Fourth Pompeian Style with a large mythological scene depicting Dionysus’ discovery of Ariadne on the island of Naxos. The villa was...
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Fresco of a Charioteer from the Green Faction
A fresco of a charioteer from the green faction holding a crown and a palm branch, the symbols of victory, from the Antonine period (mid-2nd century CE).
Caseggiato degli Aurighi (Building of the Charioteers) in Ostia Antica.
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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 with a Hoplomachus and a Murmillo
A fresco panel depicting a hoplomachus fighting against a murmillo, from the Roman Villa of Mechern, dated to the 3rd century CE.
Museum of Pre- and Early History, Saarbrücken, Germany.
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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.
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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 Hipparchia of Maroneia
Detail of a 1st Century CE fresco depicting Hipparchia of Maroneia (l.c. 350 – 280 BCE). From the garden of the Villa Farnesina, Museo delle Terme, Rome.
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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.