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Ancient Rome

132 works held in 19 museums

Frescoes from Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae, Oplontis and Rome

Seated Venus, known as the “Dea Barberini”, Ancient Rome

Seated Venus, known as the “Dea Barberini”, 4th century.

Vénus assise, dite « Dea Barberini » (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

National Roman Museum, Palazzo Massimo

Boat and rowers on a seabed, Ancient Rome

Boat and rowers on a seabed, 2nd century.

Barque et rameurs sur un fond marin (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

National Roman Museum, Palazzo Massimo

The painted garden of the Villa of Livia: entrance wall, Ancient Rome

The painted garden of the Villa of Livia: entrance wall, c. 30–20 BCE.

Le jardin peint de la villa de Livie : paroi d'entrée (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

National Roman Museum, Palazzo Massimo

Wall of cubiculum B, Villa Farnesina, Ancient Rome

Wall of cubiculum B, Villa Farnesina, c. 30–20 BCE.

Paroi de la chambre B de la villa de la Farnésine (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

National Roman Museum, Palazzo Massimo

Wall painting fragment from the peristyle of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, Ancient Rome

Wall painting fragment from the peristyle of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, c. 50–40 BCE.

Wall painting fragment from the peristyle of the Villa of… (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, Ancient Rome

Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, c. 50–40 BCE.

Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius… (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Wall painting from Room F of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, Ancient Rome

Wall painting from Room F of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, c. 50–40 BCE.

Wall painting from Room F of the Villa of P. Fannius… (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The bride's toilette, Ancient Rome

The bride's toilette, c. 80–70 BCE.

La toilette de la mariée (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii

Wall painting on red ground: candelabrum with frieze, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase, Ancient Rome

Wall painting on red ground: candelabrum with frieze, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase, late 1st century BCE.

Wall painting on red ground: candelabrum with frieze, from… (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Wall with architectural perspectives in the living room, Ancient Rome

Wall with architectural perspectives in the living room, mid-1st century BCE.

Paroi à architectures du salon (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Villa of Poppaea, Oplontis

Fresco depicting the boat Isis Geminiana, Ancient Rome

Fresco depicting the boat Isis Geminiana, 3rd century.

Fresco depicting the boat Isis Geminiana (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Vatican Museums, Vatican

Helen and Paris, Ancient Rome

Helen and Paris, 1st century.

Hélène et Pâris (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Black Room of insula IX 10, Pompeii

The painted garden of the Villa of Livia: left short wall, Ancient Rome

The painted garden of the Villa of Livia: left short wall, c. 30–20 BCE.

Le jardin peint de la villa de Livie : petite paroi gauche (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

National Roman Museum, Palazzo Massimo

Landscape frieze from the corridor, Villa Farnesina, Ancient Rome

Landscape frieze from the corridor, Villa Farnesina, c. 30–20 BCE.

Frise de paysages du corridor de la villa de la Farnésine (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

National Roman Museum, Palazzo Massimo

Wall painting fragment from the peristyle of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, Ancient Rome

Wall painting fragment from the peristyle of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, c. 50–40 BCE.

Wall painting fragment from the peristyle of the Villa of… (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, Ancient Rome

Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, c. 50–40 BCE.

Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius… (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Wall painting from Room F of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, Ancient Rome

Wall painting from Room F of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, c. 50–40 BCE.

Wall painting from Room F of the Villa of P. Fannius… (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The flagellation and the bacchic dancer, Ancient Rome

The flagellation and the bacchic dancer, c. 80–70 BCE.

La flagellation et la danseuse bachique (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii

Wall painting: Perseus and Andromeda in landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase, Ancient Rome

Wall painting: Perseus and Andromeda in landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase, late 1st century BCE.

Wall painting: Perseus and Andromeda in landscape, from the… (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Columns and a vase on a pedestal, Ancient Rome

Columns and a vase on a pedestal, mid-1st century BCE.

Colonnes et vase sur un socle (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Villa of Poppaea, Oplontis

Tondo of the family of Septimius Severus, Ancient Rome

Tondo of the family of Septimius Severus, c. 200.

Tondo de la famille de Septime Sévère (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), tempera on wood

Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Fresco Fragment: Woman on a Balcony, Ancient Rome

Fresco Fragment: Woman on a Balcony, 10 BCE–14 CE.

Fresco Fragment: Woman on a Balcony (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

The painted garden of the Villa of Livia: front wall, Ancient Rome

The painted garden of the Villa of Livia: front wall, c. 30–20 BCE.

Le jardin peint de la villa de Livie : paroi du fond (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

National Roman Museum, Palazzo Massimo

Picture panel in a wall of cubiculum D, Villa Farnesina, Ancient Rome

Picture panel in a wall of cubiculum D, Villa Farnesina, c. 30–20 BCE.

Tableau dans une paroi de la chambre D de la villa de la… (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

National Roman Museum, Palazzo Massimo

Wall painting fragment from the peristyle of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, Ancient Rome

Wall painting fragment from the peristyle of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, c. 50–40 BCE.

Wall painting fragment from the peristyle of the Villa of… (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Wall painting fragment from the north wall of Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, Ancient Rome

Wall painting fragment from the north wall of Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, c. 50–40 BCE.

Wall painting fragment from the north wall of Room H of the… (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The reading of the ritual, Ancient Rome

The reading of the ritual, c. 80–70 BCE.

La lecture du rituel (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii

Wall painting on black ground: Aedicula with small landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase, Ancient Rome

Wall painting on black ground: Aedicula with small landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase, late 1st century BCE.

Wall painting on black ground: Aedicula with small… (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Wall painting: Polyphemus and Galatea in a landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase, Ancient Rome

Wall painting: Polyphemus and Galatea in a landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase, late 1st century BCE.

Wall painting: Polyphemus and Galatea in a landscape, from… (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Glass bowl filled with fruit, Ancient Rome

Glass bowl filled with fruit, mid-1st century BCE.

Coupe de verre remplie de fruits (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Villa of Poppaea, Oplontis

Pegasus, Ancient Rome

Pegasus, 2nd century.

Pégase (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

National Roman Museum, Palazzo Massimo

Apollo playing the cithara, Ancient Rome

Apollo playing the cithara, 27 BCE–14 CE.

Apollon citharède (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Palatine Museum, Rome

The painted garden of the Villa of Livia: right short wall, Ancient Rome

The painted garden of the Villa of Livia: right short wall, c. 30–20 BCE.

Le jardin peint de la villa de Livie : petite paroi droite (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

National Roman Museum, Palazzo Massimo

Winged female figure among scrolls, tomb at Morlupo, Ancient Rome

Winged female figure among scrolls, tomb at Morlupo, c. 30 BCE.

Figure féminine ailée parmi les rinceaux, tombe de Morlupo (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

National Roman Museum, Palazzo Massimo

Wall painting from the west wall of Room L of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, Ancient Rome

Wall painting from the west wall of Room L of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, c. 50–40 BCE.

Wall painting from the west wall of Room L of the Villa of… (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Wall painting fragment from the north wall of Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, Ancient Rome

Wall painting fragment from the north wall of Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, c. 50–40 BCE.

Wall painting fragment from the north wall of Room H of the… (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Silenus and the young satyrs, Ancient Rome

Silenus and the young satyrs, c. 80–70 BCE.

Silène et les jeunes satyres (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii

Wall painting on black ground: Egyptianizing scene and pair of swans, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase, Ancient Rome

Wall painting on black ground: Egyptianizing scene and pair of swans, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase, late 1st century BCE.

Wall painting on black ground: Egyptianizing scene and pair… (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Second-Style wall with colonnade, Ancient Rome

Second-Style wall with colonnade, 1st century BCE.

Paroi à colonnade du deuxième style (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii

Peacock on a cornice, Ancient Rome

Peacock on a cornice, mid-1st century BCE.

Paon sur une corniche (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Villa of Poppaea, Oplontis

Fight between an octopus, a moray eel and a lobster, Ancient Rome

Fight between an octopus, a moray eel and a lobster, 2nd century.

Combat d'une pieuvre, d'une murène et d'un homard (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

National Roman Museum, Palazzo Massimo

The Aldobrandini Wedding, Ancient Rome

The Aldobrandini Wedding, 27 BCE–14 CE.

Aldobrandini Wedding (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Vatican Museums, Vatican

Intimate scene of a couple, Villa Farnesina, Ancient Rome

Intimate scene of a couple, Villa Farnesina, c. 30–20 BCE.

Scène d'intimité d'un couple, villa de la Farnésine (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

National Roman Museum, Palazzo Massimo

Tablinum wall with Io, Argus and Mercury, Ancient Rome

Tablinum wall with Io, Argus and Mercury, c. 30 BCE.

Paroi du tablinum avec Io, Argus et Mercure (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

House of Livia, Palatine, Rome

Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, Ancient Rome

Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, c. 50–40 BCE.

Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius… (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Wall painting from Room F of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, Ancient Rome

Wall painting from Room F of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, c. 50–40 BCE.

Wall painting from Room F of the Villa of P. Fannius… (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Bacchus and Ariadne, and the unveiling of the basket, Ancient Rome

Bacchus and Ariadne, and the unveiling of the basket, c. 80–70 BCE.

Bacchus et Ariane, et le dévoilement de la corbeille (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii

Wall painting on black ground: landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase, Ancient Rome

Wall painting on black ground: landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase, late 1st century BCE.

Wall painting on black ground: landscape, from the imperial… (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Nude female figure, Ancient Rome

Nude female figure, 1st century BCE.

Figure féminine nue (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii

Frieze of the Trojan War and the origins of Rome, columbarium of the Statilii, Ancient Rome

Frieze of the Trojan War and the origins of Rome, columbarium of the Statilii, late 1st century BCE.

Frise de la guerre de Troie et des origines de Rome… (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

National Roman Museum, Palazzo Massimo

Anonymous Roman paintings from the 1st century BCE to the 4th century CE, in the public domain. Only flat paintings are shown (frescoes, and one tondo painted on wood): no sculpture, relief, object or mosaic. They are held by the museums or places named under each work (Villa of the Mysteries, House of the Vettii, House of Augustus…). Photographs come from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0), the J. Paul Getty Museum (Open Content) and from the photographers named under each work (public domain, CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).