Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Medea
Image View:
Detail, Medea holding a scepter
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 8978
Location Note:
Piazza Museo Nazionale, 19
GPS:
40.8534 14.2505
Date:
ca. 15 BCE-45 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman); Third Style
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
painting
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Measurements:
38 cm (height) x 32 cm (width, approx., all panels)
Description:
The Third Style fresco was inspired by fourth century BCE figures and found together with three other similar frescoes depicting Leda, Flora (inv. 8834, both on a green background), and Diana (also on a pale blue background) on panels situated in the middle zone of the walls of a cubiculum of the Villa Arianna, Stabiae (4.5 km southwest of Pompeii). Medea holds a scepter, since she is the daughter of a king. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania. beniculturali.it/mus eoarcheologiconazion ale)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-MED-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Medea