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Wall painting from Room F of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale

ca. 50–40 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 164

Section of wall and floor with double row of columns; from small room near the summer triclinium.

This decoration is composed exclusively of architectural elements. A colonnade of pilasters is shown in front of a wall that is decorated with a cornice upheld by sirens and with a painted imitation polychrome marble revetment.

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Title: Wall painting from Room F of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale

Period: Late Republican

Date: ca. 50–40 BCE

Culture: Roman

Medium: Fresco

Dimensions: H. 60-1/2" (153.7 cm.)
width 37" (94.0 cm.)

Classification: Miscellaneous-Paintings

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1903

Object Number: 03.14.10

Chronology

Italian Peninsula, 1000 B.C.-1 A.D.

Roman Frescoes from Boscoreale: The Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor in Reality and Virtual Reality

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