Details

LOT 0756

Roman Fresco Wall Plaster Collection

1ST CENTURY A.D.

3 1/4 - 4 3/4 in. (861 grams total, 8.1-12 cm).

Fragments of wall plaster with rendered surface painted with mainly red, pale blue and white detailing; some with impression of timber laths to the reverse. [5, No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired in the 19th century.
Ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.
UK gallery, early 2000s.

Literature

Cf. Hakanen, V., 'VI Wall Plaster Fragments' in Berg, R., Kuivalainen, I., Domus Pompeiana M. Lucretii, IX,3, 5.24, The inscriptions, Works of Art and Finds from the Old and New Excavations, Vantaa, 2019, pp.196-224, figs.3-4.

Footnotes

These small fragments, for analogies with the fragments of Pompeii, seem to belong to the second style of Roman painting, red panels representing highlight and shadow, decorated with vegetal interlaces. Some panels were probably framed by a red grenade fillet. A fragment shows alternate blue and red colour over a cream background, maybe pertinent to a socle.