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Dipinto murale con donna seduta che suona una cetra

ca. 50–40 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 164
Questo affresco fa parte di una serie di ampi riquadri che decoravano l’ingresso principale della villa di P. Fannio Sinistore a Boscoreale, nei pressi di Pompei. Come la città romana, anche la villa rimase sepolta dall’eruzione del Vesuvio nel 79 d.C. I riquadri derivano da dipinti reali eseguiti per una delle corti macedoni dei primi anni dell’età ellenistica (fine del IV e inizi del III secolo a.C.) e con ogni probabilità celebravano uno sposalizio dinastico. La donna seduta che suona una cetra (lira) doveva essere un personaggio illustre, come si deduce dal diadema (fascia ornamentale sul capo) e dalla raffinata sedia simile a un trono.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Dipinto murale con donna seduta che suona una cetra
  • Periodo: Tardo periodo repubblicano
  • Data: ca. 50-40 a.C.
  • Cultura: Romana
  • Materiale e tecnica: Affresco
  • Dimensioni: 186,7 x 186,7 cm
  • Crediti: Rogers Fund, 1903
  • Numero d'inventario: 03.14.5
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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