Pompeii
Portrait of a Young Woman
From a House in Pompeii
c. 50
Museo Nazionale, Naples
A wall painting less than a foot in diameter, this delicate portrait (probably of the lady or daughter of the house) was worked into the wall decoration....
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Dioskourides of Samos
Villa of Cicero
Pompeii
c. 100 B.C.
Museo Nazionale, Naples
Mosaic has an important decorative role in the Roman household as well as in public buildings. This floor mosaic of street musicians, apparently based on a well-known third century B.C. painting, was made by a Greek artist, Dioskourides of Samos....
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From the House of the Faun
Pompeii
c. 80 B.C.
Museo Nazionale, Naples
One of the most famous pictures from the ancient world, probably a copy of a late classical painting, this mosaic of Alexander conquering Darius was laid into the floor of an open exedra between two peristyles in the House of the Faun. The floor mosaic was called tessallatum and...
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From the House of the Faun
Pompeii
c. 80 B.C.
Museo Nazionale, Naples
Alexander is portrayed realistically and all the details of his costume are carefully in place....
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The House of the Faun
Pompeii
c. 80 B.C.
Museo Nazionale, Naples
Darius on his chariot....
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From the tablinum
House of Marcus Lucretius Fronto
Pompeii
Between 50 and 60
In this late third style wall the once restrained decorative elements are becoming excessive and architectural depth is reintroduced....
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Coins, statues, busts, places, Reliefs and more...
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