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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Roman
Title:Fragment of a wall painting with Bacchus
Date Made:mid 1st century CE
Type:Fresco
Materials:Fresco
Place Made:Europe; Italy; Pompeii
Measurements:Overall: 48 in x 30 5/8 in x 5 5/16 in; 121.9 cm x 77.8 cm x 13.5 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1958.2.C.PI
Credit Line:Gift of Caroline R. Hill
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Large yellow-ground fresco fragment with wine-colored band near the edge; in the center, a group of figures of the god Bacchus with his panther and a herm of Priapus

Tags:
ancient; archaeology

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