A ROMAN WALL PAINTING FRAGMENT
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A ROMAN WALL PAINTING FRAGMENT

CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN WALL PAINTING FRAGMENT
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) wide
來源
with Galerie Serodine, Ascona.
Christian von Faber-Castell collection, Kusnacht ZH, Switzerland, acquired from the above in January 1998.
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拍品專文

This fragment shows a scene from a Geranomachy, the eternal fight between pygmies and cranes. The subject is mentioned by Homer in the Iliad 3, 3-7, which fired the imagination of many Greek artists, cf. LIMC VII, 1994, pp. 595-597, nos 1-34, esp. no. 23 (V. Dasen). For pygmies in Roman wall-paintings, see H. Mielsch, Römische Wandmalerei, Darmstadt, 2001, pp. 185 ff.

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