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Mars and Venus. From Pompeii                           
Inv. 9250
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Mars and Venus. From Pompeii Inv. 9250

Neptune and Amphitrite, riding on the tail of a triton.
From Pompeii                                           
Inv.111442
#10040333

Neptune and Amphitrite, riding on the tail of a triton. From Pompeii...

The three graces, Euphrosyne (Joy),Thalia (Bloom)      
and Aglaia (Brilliance).                               
From the House of T.Deutatus, Pompeii.                 
Inv.9236
#10040334

The three graces, Euphrosyne (Joy),Thalia (Bloom) and Aglaia (Brilliance)....

Perseus frees Andromeda. Perseus, the head of the      
Medusa in his hand, helps Andromeda step down from the 
rock to which she was chained, to be devoured by the   
monster, which lies dead at left. From the House of    
the Dioscuri,Pompeii VI 9,6.   Inv.8998
#10040335

Perseus frees Andromeda. Perseus, the head of the Medusa in his hand, help...

Zephyr (The Westwind) and Chlory, 4th style (62-79 CE) 
From the Casa del Navilgio, Pompeii VI 10,11           
Inv. 9202
#10040336

Zephyr (The Westwind) and Chlory, 4th style (62-79 CE) From the Casa del Navilg...

Zephyr and Chlory, close-up of 10-04-03/36             
From the Casa del Naviglio, Pompeii VI 10,11           
Inv. 9202
#10040337

Zephyr and Chlory, close-up of 10-04-03/36 From the Casa del Navigl...

Danae and the fishermen Inv.111212                     
67x63 cm from the Exedra,casa V,I,18,Pompeii           
After beeing abandoned at sea Danae was saved by two   
fishermen.She holds little Perseus in her arms.
#10040338

Danae and the fishermen Inv.111212 67x63 cm from the Exedra...

A tradesman selling tools and pots in the Forum        
(marketplace) of Pompeii.                              
Inv.8069
#10040339

A tradesman selling tools and pots in the Forum (marketplace) of Pompeii...

Theatrical decoration with figures;                    
second style (80-20 BCE)                               
From a Roman villa in the Agro Pompeiano (Boscoreale)
#10040340

Theatrical decoration with figures; second style (80-20 BCE)...

Scenographic wall decoration with fantastic            
architecture and drop-curtain, a Roman invention.      
Scene painting existed since the days of Sophocles and 
Aischylos (5th BCE).4th style (62-79 CE).              
From the Palaestra at Herculaneum.  Inv.9731
#10040341

Scenographic wall decoration with fantastic architecture and drop-cu...

Mykon and Perona - A young woman nurses her father,    
sentenced to die of starvation. Also called            
"Caritas Romana".                                      
Glazed terracotta, Egyptian manufacture  H: 28 cm      
From Pompeii.
#10040342

Mykon and Perona - A young woman nurses her father, sentenced to die of star...

Dionysian scene and Erotes harvesting grapes;          
blue vase in double-layer glass, engraved in           
cameo-glass technique. 1st CE.                         
From a tomb on the Via dei Sepolchri, Pompeii.         
Inv.13521
#10040343

Dionysian scene and Erotes harvesting grapes; blue vase in double-laye...