Wall painting in the third style from a house in Pompeii
Wall painting in the third style, ornamental, from an unidentified house in Pompeii. With paintings of theatre masks and gods against a blue ground, garlands and festoons above. Illustration drawn by Geremia Discanno and lithographed by Victor Steeger from Emile Presuhn's Choix des plus Belles et Interessantes Peintures de Pompei, Choice of the Most Beautiful and Interesting Paintings in Pompeii, Weigel, Leipzig, 1882. German archeologist Presuhn (1844-1881) lived in Italy for eight years and, with Mr. Discanno, made exact copies of many wall paintings that are now lost
Picture No
14014821
Media ID
45843564
Size
5276px x 6853px
(7.8MB)
Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Geremia Discanno
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