THIRD POMPEIAN STYLE, CIRCA EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN POLYCHROME WALL-PAINTING FRAGMENT
THIRD POMPEIAN STYLE, CIRCA EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Depicting Favonius, the god of the west wind, presented as a bearded man with windblown hair against a blue backgound representing the night, within an architectural border
20 in. (50.8 cm.) wide

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Private collection, France, formed during the 1960s-1970s.
with Gudea Gallery, Paris, 1993.

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Favonius, or Zephyr in Greek, was the god of the mild west wind that brought the on-set of spring. He was considered to be the son of Astraeus (starry night) and Eos (goddess of dawn) and was a popular subject for wall-paintings in Roman cubicula (sleeping chambers).

THIRD POMPEIAN STYLE, CIRCA EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.

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