Roman Fresco of a Banquet Scene, Herculaneum

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James Hancock
by Yann Forget
published on 31 May 2021
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Banquet scene in a fresco from Herculaneum, Italy. The woman wears a transparent silk gown while the man to the left raises a rhyton drinking vessel. Made c. 50 BCE, during the Late Roman Republic. Le Musée absolu, Phaidon. 59 (23 in) x 53 cm (20).

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