Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Fresco with Peacocks
Image View:
Detail, two peacocks facing each other with bowl of fruit in center
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Musei Capitolini (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazza del Campidoglio, 1
GPS:
41.893056 12.4825
Date:
ca. 30 BCE-30 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
painting
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Description:
Fresco of two peacocks from a colombarium (private mausoleum) from the collections of the Villa Doria-Pamphilij in Rome, dated ca. late 1st century BCE-early 1st century CE. The peacock appears in burial sites as a symbol of immortality because the ancients believed that the peacock had flesh that did not decay after death. This Roman iconography carried into early Christian art.
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-CM-FWP-A04
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Fresco with Peacocks