“The paintress” fresco is the best preserved decoration from the The Surgeon’s home of Pompeii. It portrays a young woman painting a herm of Dionysus. It is conserved in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale (First floor, LXVI hall) of Naples.
- The entire Fresco.
- Details of the Fresco.
- Central view of the Fresco.
- Photos by Filippo Bucciarelli (December 2013)
- Locate the item on this Google Map
Bibliography
– Sampaolo Valeria – Bragantini Irene, La pittura pompeiana, Electa Mondadori, Napoli 2009, pp. 102