Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Io Arriving at Canopus in Egypt
Alternate Title:
Io Received by Isis at Canopus
Image View:
Detail, the goddess Isis reaches out to welcome Io, in the back a priest shakes two sistra
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient) painter)
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy)
Location Note:
1380 Sherbrooke Street West (exhibition location)
GPS:
45.4987-73.5801
Date:
ca. 62-79 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Fourth Style; Greco-Roman; Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Subjects:
deities; mythology (Classical); Isis cult
Description:
Part of the 2015 "Pompeii" exhibit which featured over 220 archaeological artifacts, most from the Naples National Archaeological Museum. The exhibit was designed to immerse viewers in settings of every day life in Pompeii, complete with state-of-the-art visual effects and soundscapes. The fresco, a rather rare subject, is present in Pompeii only in one other specimen from the Temple of Isis; this is from the House of the Duke of Aumale (VI.7.21). It is certainly derived from a Hellenistic prototype; probably of Alexandrian manufacture and dating to the third century BCE. The theme was inspired by the Ptolomeic dynasty’s need to legitimize its power through images which in some way showed, through myths such as this one, the common origins of the Egyptians and the Macedonians. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania. beniculturali.it/mus eoarcheologiconazion ale)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-PEX-FLC-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Io Arriving at Canopus in Egypt