FragmentsRoman1st century CE
Wall Painting Fragment with Vegetal Motif
1st century CE
Description
This fragment of wall painting depicts a red panel with a black register beneath it, separated by a white band. In the central red section is a repeating pattern of vegetal motifs, rendered in light yellow paint with a thin brush. A white band along the top of the fragment depicts a series of teardrops, which have been left unpainted so that the red ground shows through.
Dimensions
H. 9.4 x D. 1.3 x W.13.5 cm (3 11/16 x 1/2 x 5 5/16 in.)
Provenance
Fausto Benedetti, Rome (by 1925), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1925.
Related Artworks
View MoreFragments
Wall Painting Fragment
Unknown Artist, 1st-2nd century CE
Pigment on plaster
1st-2nd century CERomanFragments
Wall painting fragment
Unknown Artist, 1st century CE
Pigment on plaster
1st century CERomanFragments
Wall Painting Fragment
Unknown Artist, 1st-2nd century CE
Pigment on plaster
1st-2nd century CERomanFragments
Fragment of wall painting from Ostia
Unknown Artist, 1st-2nd century CE
Pigment on plaster
1st-2nd century CERomanFragments
Wall Painting Fragment
Unknown Artist, 1st-2nd century CE
Pigment on plaster
1st-2nd century CERomanFragments
Wall painting fragment
Unknown Artist, 1st century CE
Pigment on plaster
1st century CERomanFragments
Wall Painting Fragment with Vegetal Motif
Unknown Artist, 1st century CE
Pigment on plaster
1st century CERomanFragments
Wall painting fragment
Unknown Artist, 1st century CE
Pigment on plaster
1st century CERomanFragments
Wall Painting Fragment
Unknown Artist, 1st-2nd century CE
Pigment on plaster
1st-2nd century CERomanFragments
Wall Painting Fragment
Unknown Artist, 1st century BCE-1st century CE
Pigment on plaster
1st century BCE-1st century CERomanFragments
Wall painting fragment
Unknown Artist, 100 BCE-100 CE
Pigment on plaster
1st century BCE-1st century CERomanFragments
Fragment of wall painting from Ostia
Unknown Artist, 1st-2nd century CE
Pigment on plaster
1st century CERoman