Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale

Period:
Late Republican
Date:
ca. 50–40 B.C.
Culture:
Roman
Medium:
Fresco
Dimensions:
Overall: 73 1/2 x 73 1/2in. (186.7 x 186.7cm)
Classification:
Miscellaneous
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1903
Accession Number:
03.14.5
  • Provenance

    From the villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, main reception hall (room H)

  • References

    Richter, Gisela M.A. 1906. "The Boscoreale Frescoes." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1(7): pp. 95-96, fig. 1.

    von Bothmer, Dietrich. 1949. "The Classical Contribution to Western Civilization." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 7(8): p. 210.

    Cook, Brian F. 1964. "The Boscoreale Cubiculum: A New Installation." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 22(5): pp. 166, 182-83, fig. 27.

    Hoving, Thomas P.F. 1970. "Director's Choice." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 28(5): pp. 204-5.

    Richter, Gisela M.A. 1970. "The Department of Greek and Roman Art: Triumphs and Tribulations." Metropolitan Museum Journal 3: pp. 73-74, fig. 2.

    Rousseau, Theodore. 1970. "Masterpieces of Fifty Centuries." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 29(3): p. 134.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1987. Greece and Rome. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 67, pp. 11, 92-93.

    Torelli, Mario. 2003. “The Frescoes of the Great Hall of the Villa at Boscoreale. Iconography and Politics.” In Myth, History and Culture in Republican Rome: Studies in Honour of T.P. Wiseman, eds. David Braund and Christopher Gill. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, p. 234, fig. 10.17.

    Strocka, Volker Michael. 2005/2006. “Troja – Karthago – Rom: Ein vorvergilisches Bildprogramm in Terzigno bei Pompeji.” Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Römische Abteilung 112: p. 82.

    Picón, Carlos. A., et al. 2007. Art of the Classical World in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 378, pp. 327, 481.

    Bergmann, Bettina. 2010. "New Perspectives on the Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 67(4): pp. 13, 24-25, fig. 41.

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