Wall painting: Polyphemus and Galatea in a landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase

Roman

last decade of the 1st century BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 166

From the villa of Agrippa Postumus at Boscotrecase, the Mythological Room (19)
Landscape with Polyphemus and Galatea

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Title: Wall painting: Polyphemus and Galatea in a landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase
Period: Early Imperial, Augustan
Date: last decade of the 1st century BCE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Fresco
Dimensions: H. 73 3/4 in. (187.33 cm.)
width 47 in. (119.38 cm.)
Classification: Miscellaneous-Paintings
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Object Number: 20.192.17
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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