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Title:Wall painting from Room F of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
Period:Late Republican
Date:ca. 50–40 BCE
Culture:Roman
Medium:Fresco
Dimensions:70 x 33in. (177.8 x 83.8cm)
Classification:Miscellaneous-Paintings
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1903
Object Number:03.14.11
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Barbet, Alix and Annie Verbanck-Piérard. 2013. La Villa Romaine de Boscoreale et Ses Fresques, Vol. I and II. pl. V, 1, Arles: Errance.
Zanker, Paul, Seán Hemingway, Christopher S. Lightfoot, and Joan R. Mertens. 2019. Roman Art : A Guide through the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Collection. p. 89 n. 1, New York: Scala Publishers.
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