Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Pan and Maenad [fresco fragment]
Image View:
Overall view of fresco fragment
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient) painter)
Location:
repository: Musei Capitolini (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazza del Campidoglio 1
GPS:
41.893021 12.4825
Date:
ca. 193-211 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Subjects:
human figure; mythology (Classical); Dionysus (Greek deity); maenads; bacchante; Pan
Description:
From Rome, found near the via Nazionale. The maenads were followers of Dionysus, and Pan was also associated with the cult of Dionysus. [Information from museum label].
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-CM-FPM-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Pan and Maenad [fresco fragment]