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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

Wall painting on black ground: Egyptianizing scene and pair of swans, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase (museum title)

Ancient Rome (Italian) (1st century BCE-4th century CE)

Movement
Ancient Roman art
Date
late 1st century BCE
Medium
Fresco
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0

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