May 7, 2025
Carpet-like fresco, ca.54-69 CE Villa Arianna, ancient Stabiae Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (inv. 9661)
This fresco, which covered all of the walls of a diaeta (large day-room or living room) in the villa, is comprised of large diamond-shaped lozenges within which alternating figures of birds, Cupids, female figures, flowers, and medallions appear. Although this large panel is on display in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples (MANN), some of the original fresco remains in situ.
