wall-painting

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Object Type: wall-painting
Museum number: 1856,1226.1621
Description: Wall painting: portrait of a man and a woman. The man is shown bare-chested and the woman, whose hairstyle suggests an Augustan date, is wearing a powder-blue tunic and a matching headband. This roundel or medallion originally formed part of the decorative scheme on a painted wall in a house in Pompeii and is in the third Pompeiian style.
Cultures/periods: Roman
Production date: 20BC-20
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Pompeii (historic)
Technique: painted
Dimensions: Diameter: 14 centimetres; Width: 17.50 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Painting / Catalogue of the Greek, Etruscan & Roman Paintings & Mosaics in the British Museum: Paintings (37)
Location: On display (G70/dc8)
Acquisition name: Bequeathed by: Sir William Temple
Acquisition date: 1856
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1856,1226.1621
Conservation: treatment: 30.06.1991

Free entry