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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
LocalCollection
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Collection
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Preferred Title:
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Nilotic Landscape with Pygmies
Work_PrefTitle
Nilotic Landscape with Pygmies
Preferred Title
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Image View:
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Group of pygmies under the awning with a sacred ibis at right
Image_Title
Group of pygmies under the awning with a sacred ibis at right
Image View
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient))
Agent_Display
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Creator
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Location:
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repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 113196
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 113196
Location
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Location Note:
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Piazza Museo 19; Secret Cabinet (Gabbinete or Gabinetto Segreto)
Work_LocationNotes
Piazza Museo 19; Secret Cabinet (Gabbinete or Gabinetto Segreto)
Location Note
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GPS:
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40.853378 14.250486
GPS
40.853378 14.250486
GPS
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Date:
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ca. 50-79 CE (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
ca. 50-79 CE (creation)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
Work_Culture
Roman (ancient)
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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Imperial (Roman)
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Imperial (Roman)
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
Work_Worktype1
fresco (painting)
Work Type 1
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Classification:
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Paintings
Work_Classification
Paintings
Classification
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Material:
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pigment on plaster
Work_MaterialDisplay
pigment on plaster
Material
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique)
Work_Technique
fresco painting (technique)
Technique
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Measurements:
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56 cm (height) x 217 cm (length)
Work_MeasurementDisp lay
56 cm (height) x 217 cm (length)
Measurements
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Subjects:
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animal; Dwarfs
Work_Image_SubjectDi splay
animal; Dwarfs
Subjects
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Description:
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The Secret Cabinet (Gabbinete) or Secret Room is the name of the Bourbon Monarchy gave the private rooms in which they held their fairly extensive collection of erotic or sexual items, mostly deriving from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Limiting viewership and censorship have always been part of the history of the collection. This scene formed part of the internal decoration of a podium that surrounded the garden of the Casa del Medico (VIII, 5, 24) in Pompeii. The whole cycle depicts pygmies fighting crocodiles and hippopotamuses. In Hellenistic times "pygmies" represented the symbol of a remote exotic world, portrayed in its most grotesque and comic guises. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania. beniculturali.it/mus eoarcheologiconazion ale)
Work_Description_Sou rce
The Secret Cabinet (Gabbinete) or Secret Room is the name of the Bourbon Monarchy gave the private rooms in which they held their fairly extensive collection of erotic or sexual items, mostly deriving from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Limiting viewership and censorship have always been part of the history of the collection. This scene formed part of the internal decoration of a podium that surrounded the garden of the Casa del Medico (VIII, 5, 24) in Pompeii. The whole cycle depicts pygmies fighting crocodiles and hippopotamuses. In Hellenistic times "pygmies" represented the symbol of a remote exotic world, portrayed in its most grotesque and comic guises. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania. beniculturali.it/mus eoarcheologiconazion ale)
Description
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
LocalCollection
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Collection
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-NAM-XC-NL-A04
Image_OriginalVendor ID
7A3-R-NAM-XC-NL-A04
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Rights
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