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On black ground; candelabrum surmounted by a panel with Egyptianizing scene of divinity Apis, the bull, being propitiated by two figures; at right Anubis. A cobra uncoils under the table.
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Title: Wall painting on black ground: Egyptianizing scene and pair of swans, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase
Period: Early Imperial
Date: last decade of the 1st century BCE
Culture: Roman, Pompeian
Medium: Fresco
Dimensions: Overall: 91 3/4 x 20 1/8in. (233.1 x 51.1cm)
Classification: Miscellaneous-Paintings
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Object Number: 20.192.2
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