Imperial Period Fresco

Culture: Roman

Period: 30-50 A.D.

Material: Limestone, stucco

Dimensions: 25 cm high

Price: Sold

Ref: 3113

Provenance: Private collection S. Alonso, Salamanca, acquired between 1960 and 1980 at the English art market.

Condition: Limestone fragment, stucco and color. Reassembled from three pieces, but no overpainting.

Description: Limestone fragment of a wall painting from a villa from the imperial period. The painting depicts a nurse in a long dress with veil on a high quality furniture, holding a child in her arms. Her sight is raised and facing to the right. The baby is wrapped in white blankets. Above her a gable, the floor in the same red-brown color. Thick dotted lines framing the painting. Mounted.