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View: In gallery, raking light
Fresco panel
Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 14–62
Findspot: Italy, Campania, near Pompeii, Villa of the Contrada Bottaro
Medium/Technique
Fresco
Dimensions
Height x width: 149 x 69.5 cm ( 58 11/16 x 27 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Number25.46
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsPaintings
DescriptionThe panel shows fantastic architecture on black ground. A coffered ceiling is upheld by Ionic columns. On the roof appears a leopard; in the field, a griffin; and above, a bird on garland. The fresco has been executed in the Third Style of Campanian wall painting.
Provenance1901/1902, excavated by Gennaro Matrone (d. 1927) in a room on the south side of the peristyle of the Contrada Bottaro Villa, about a half-mile south of Pompeii; ownership granted by the Italian State to Gennaro Matrone. October 30, 1924, sold by Prof. U. Marcellini (dealer), Naples, to Brummer Gallery, New York (stock nos. P1429-P1432); 1925, sold by Brummer Gallery to the MFA for $5805 [see note]. (Accession Date: March 5, 1925)
NOTE: MFA accession nos. 25.44 – 25.47 were purchased together for this amount.
NOTE: MFA accession nos. 25.44 – 25.47 were purchased together for this amount.