Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Fresco with Peacocks
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Fresco with Peacocks
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Image View:
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Detail, two peacocks facing each other with bowl of fruit in center
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient))
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Location:
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repository: Musei Capitolini (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Piazza del Campidoglio, 1
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GPS:
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+41.893056+12.4825
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Date:
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ca. 30 BCE-30 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Imperial (Roman)
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
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Classification:
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painting
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Material:
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pigment on plaster
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique)
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Description:
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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.
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-CM-FWP-A04
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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