A Naiad, a follower of Bacchus, carrying a

A Naiad, a follower of Bacchus, carrying a vase and plate with figs.. Painting removed from a wall of a room, possibly a triclinium or dining room, in a house in Pompeii in 1749. It shows a Naiad, a follower of Bacchus, carrying a vase and a round plate with three figs. She wears reeds in her hair, a gold bracelet, and a fine robe in purple, the colour of the Violarii. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own Antichita di Ercolano (Antiquities of Herculaneum), Rome, 1789

1749 1789 Antichità Antiquities Bacchus Ercolano Figs Follower Herculaneum Naiad Piroli Pompeii Reeds Removed Tommaso Triclinium

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