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| Description: From the House of the Surgeon, Pompeii. 1st century BCE–1st century CE. Fresco, 17-7/8" × 17-3/8" (45.5 × 45.3 cm). Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples. A Painter at Work This fresco once decorated the walls of a house in Pompeii. The painter sits within a room that opens behind her to the outdoors, holding her palette in her left hand, a sign of her profession. It was wall paintings like this one that were preserved for rediscovery by eighteenth-century archaeologists. Picture Stats: Views: 327 Filesize: 213.4kB Height: 825 Width: 1330 Source: https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=35560 |