Fresco panel
A.D. 14–62
Findspotnear Pompeii, Campania, Italy
Country of Origin, for CustomsItaly
Medium/TechniqueFresco
DimensionsHeight x width: 190 x 143 cm (74 13/16 x 56 5/16 in.)
Credit LineEllen Frances Mason Fund
Accession number33.499
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPaintings
Collections
Provenance1901/1902, excavated by Gennaro Matrone (d. 1927) in the peristyle of the Contrada Bottaro Villa, about a half-mile south of Pompeii; ownership granted by the Italian State to Gennaro Matrone. Between October 1925 and March 1926, sold by Prof. U. Marcellini (dealer), Naples, to Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. P2577); May 25, 1927, sold by Brummer to William Randolph Hearst (b. 1863 – d. 1951), New York; December 30, 1929, returned by Hearst to Brummer Gallery; 1933, sold by Brummer Gallery to the MFA for $15,115 [see note]. (Accession Date: June 1, 1933)
NOTE: Eleven frescoes (MFA accession nos. 33.496 – 33.506) were purchased by the MFA for this amount. They were part of a lot of 53 frescoes that had been acquired by Brummer Gallery, sold en bloc to Hearst, and were returned before being sold to the MFA.
NOTE: Eleven frescoes (MFA accession nos. 33.496 – 33.506) were purchased by the MFA for this amount. They were part of a lot of 53 frescoes that had been acquired by Brummer Gallery, sold en bloc to Hearst, and were returned before being sold to the MFA.
about 1st century A.D.
about A.D. 14–62
about A.D. 14–62
about A.D. 14–62
about A.D. 14–62
about A.D. 14–62
about A.D. 14–62
about A.D. 14–62
about A.D. 14–62
about A.D. 14–62