Italy (Pompeii)

Roman Wall Painting with Architectural Frameworks and Mythological Figurine (Pompeii, Italy)

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Created during the Early Roman Empire period, specifically belonging to the Third Pompeian Style (circa 15 BC – AD 50).

This object is a fresco wall painting fragment executed using the true fresco (buon fresco) technique, with supplementary details occasionally fixed via tempera or encaustic on wet-lime plaster layers. The pigments consist of naturally occurring earth minerals, including red and yellow ochres, charcoal blacks, and lime whites bound within layers of fine sand and slaked lime plaster.