Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Admetus and Alcestis
Image View:
Overall view without frame
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 9026
Location Note:
Piazza Museo Nazionale, 19; Room LXXII
GPS:
40.8534 14.2505
Date:
ca. 40-79 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Fourth Style; Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
painting
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Measurements:
106 cm (height) x 86.5 cm (width)
Description:
Fourth Style fresco from Pompeii, the House of the Tragic Poet (VI, 8, 3.5), east wall of the tablinum. King Admetus and his queen Alcestis are seated and listening to the words of the oracle that Admetus must die unless some one should voluntarily meet death in his place. His elderly parents are behind him and the god Apollo (with halo and bow) is at the right. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-ALC-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Admetus and Alcestis