The Paintress Fresco

“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.
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  • Details of the Fresco.
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  • Central view of the Fresco.
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  • Photos by Filippo Bucciarelli moc.liamtoh|illeraiccuboppilif#| (December 2013)

Bibliography

– Sampaolo Valeria – Bragantini Irene, La pittura pompeiana, Electa Mondadori, Napoli 2009, pp. 102

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