Portal, with columns, walls or plutei, cornices and portico

Portal, with columns, walls or plutei, cornices and portico.. Wall painting excavated in Resina showing a portal, with candelabra-shaped columns, chest-high walls or plutei, cornices and portico. The tympanum or shield decorated with a garland could indicate that it is a temple portal. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own Antichita di Ercolano (Antiquities of Herculaneum), Rome, 1789

1789 Antichità Antiquities Cornices Ercolano Excavated Herculaneum Indicate Piroli Portal Portico Resina Tommaso Tympanum

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