Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Workshop of Hephaestus
Alternate Title:
Fucina di Efesto
Image View:
Overall view of fresco fragment
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 9531
Location Note:
Piazza Museo 19
GPS:
40.853378 14.250486
Date:
ca. 45-79 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Fourth Style; Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Measurements:
75 cm (height) x 77 cm (width)
Subjects:
mythology (Classical); forge; metalworking
Description:
From Pompeii, the Casa delle Quadrighe, House of the Chariots, (also known as the Casa della Caccia Nuova) (VII.2.25), excavated 1844. Hephaestus, sitting on the left, and two Cyclops forge metals on an anvil, with tongs and hammers. (Source: Europeana [website]; http://www.europeana .eu/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-TWE-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Workshop of Hephaestus