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

Wall painting: Polyphemus and Galatea in a landscape, 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
Dimensions: 187.3 × 119.4 cm
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0

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