Cubiculum (bedroom) from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale

Period:
Republican
Date:
ca. 50–40 B.C.
Culture:
Roman
Medium:
Fresco
Dimensions:
Room: 8 ft. 8 1/2 in. x 10 ft. 11 1/2 in. x 19 ft. 7 1/8 in. (265.4 x 334 x 583.9 cm)
Classification:
Miscellaneous
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1903
Accession Number:
03.14.13a–g
  • Provenance

    Excavated at the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor, Boscoreale, about a mile from Pompeii (Cavenaghi 1901, p. 5; Barnabei 1901, pp. 71-81).

    1899-1900, frescoes excavated in Pompeii by Vincenzo de Prisco (Cavenaghi 1901, p. 5); acquired August 1903, purchased from C. and E. Canessa, Paris.

  • References

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    Barnabei, F. 1901. La villa pompeiana di P. Fannio Sinistore scoperta presso Boscoreale. Rome: Tipografia della R. Accademia dei Lincei, pp. 71-81, figs. 17-19, pls. IX, X.

    Mau, A. 1902. "Wandschirm und Bildtraeger in der Wandmalerei." Mitteilungen des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archaeologischen Instituts, Roemische Abteilung 17: 90ff., 223ff.

    Sambon, A. 1903. Les fresques de Boscoreale . . . C. and E. Canessa. Sale cat., Galeries Durand-Ruel, Paris, June 8, 1903, pp. 21-26, pls. 8-10.

    Richter, Gisela M.A. 1906. "The Boscoreale Frescoes." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1(7): pp. 96-97, fig. 1.

    Pfuhl, E. 1923. Malerie und Zeichnung der Griechen. Vol. 2. Munich: F. Bruckmann, pp. 868ff.

    Beyen, H.G. 1927. "Über ein Fragment einer Wanddekoration mit Stilleben aus Pompeji." Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts 42: 41, n. 7, 50, fig. 1.

    Curtius, L. 1929. Die Wandmalerie Pompejis: Eine Einführung in ihr Verständnis. Leipzig: E. A. Seemann, pp. 38, 103, 105ff., figs. 70-73, pp. 114ff., 122ff., 138, 184, 279ff.

    Beyen, H.G. 1938. Die Pompejanische Wanddekoration. Vol. 1. The Hague: Nijhoff, pp. 141ff., figs. 56-58, 60-62, 64-66.

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    Clarke, John R. 1991. The Houses of Roman Italy, 100 B.C.-A.D. 250: Ritual, Space, and Decoration. Berkeley: University of California Press, p. 33, fig. 9.

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    Bianchi, F. 2002. "Il marmo negli spazi della vita pubblica e privata." In I marmi colorati della Roma imperiale, edited by M. De Nuccio and L. Ungaro. Venice: Marsilio, pp. 401-2, ill. p. 400, fig. 1.

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    Picón, Carlos A., et al. 2007. Art of the Classical World in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 375, pp. 319-23, 479.

    Palagia, Olga. 2008. “The Date and Iconography of the Calendar Frieze on the Little Metropolis, Athens.” Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts123: p. 216 n. 8.

    Bergmann, Bettina. 2010. "New Perspectives on the Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 67(4): pp. 28-32, figs. 55-60.

    Meyer, Rudolf. 2010. "New Perspectives on the Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 67(4): pp. 33-46.

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