Fresco

Diana hunting, detail of a fresco from the Via Livenza hypogeum

Diana stands (foreground center) in a forest flanked by two deer in the background. She holds a bow in her left hand and reaches over her shoulder to draw an arrow from her quiver with her right hand. She is dressed in a knee length tunic and calf-high boots.

Annotations

Diana hunting. Fresco form the hypogeum of via Livenza, Rome. Image by Sailko via Wikimedia Commons.

Online Resources

Wikimedia Commons

Sovrintendenza Roma

Associated Passages

895-918

Properties

Date

c. 350 CE

Medium

Fresco

Location

Hypogeum of the via Livenza, Rome

Image Credit

Sailko (Wikimedia Commons)

Pentheus and the Maenads, detail of a fresco from the House of the Vettii

Pentheus half-kneeling (center) is held by two maenads. The left maenad grabs his hair raising a thyrsus in her right hand. The second maenad (right) holds Pentheus by his left arm. Behind Pentheus a third maenad raises a rock above her head preparing to strike him. Two more maenads appear in the upper right and left hand corners.

Annotations

Pentheus being torn apart by Maenads. Roman fresco from the northern wall of the triclinium in the Casa dei Vettii, Pompeii. Pompeii Archaeological Park (Parco Archeologico di Pompei) VI 15,1.

Online Resources

Wikimedia Commons

Parco Archeologico di Pompei

Associated Passages

125-136

Properties

Date

1st cen. BCE

Medium

Fresco

Location

Pompeii Archaeological Park

Image Credit

Wikimedia Commons

Wall painting from Boscoreale

Annotations

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

Online Resources

Image Source

License

Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs

Properties

Date

ca. 50–40 B.C.

Culture

Roman

Medium

Fresco

Dimensions

Overall: 69 x 76in. (175.3 x 193cm)

Location

Metropolitan Museum, New York

Image Credit

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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