Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Temple of Isis: Sacrarium; Osiris-Serapis Enthroned between Cobras (west wall)
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Temple of Isis: Sacrarium; Osiris-Serapis Enthroned between Cobras (west wall)
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Alternate Title:
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Tempio di Iside Frescos
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Image View:
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Overall view, figure flanked with cobras with a sycamore tree wrapped with another snake at right
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient))
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Location:
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repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 8927
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Location Note:
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Piazza Museo 19
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GPS:
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+40.853378+14.250486
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Date:
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ca. 62-79 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Fourth Style; Greco-Roman; Imperial (Roman)
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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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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Measurements:
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160 cm (height) x 177 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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allegory; animal; deities; Egypt--Religion; Roman Empire; snakes; cobra; Osiris; Serapis
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Description:
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Fresco from the Temple of Isis (VIII.7.28) in Pompeii depicting the syncretistic deity Serapis, on the west wall of Sacrarium (an inner room meant for storing cult objects). Serapis derived from Osiris, Apis and was also linked to Greek gods such as Dionysus. Serapis continued to increase in popularity during the Roman period, often replacing Osiris as the consort of Isis in temples outside Egypt. The cult of Isis was part of the syncretic tendencies of religion in the Greco-Roman world of late antiquity; the Romans having acquired it from the Hellenistic Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt. This figure is painted in a Hellenistic style. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania.beniculturali.it/museoarcheologiconazionale)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-NAM-TI-OS-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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