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Fresco fragment Painted plaster Boscoreale (suburb of Pompeii), Contrada Pisanelli Pompeii Archaeological Park, Inv. N. 40688 11¼ × 11⅜ in.; thickness 1⅛ in. 45–79 CE (Fourth Style) © MIC – Parco Archeologico di Pompei
On a blue background, the upper left part of a female head, probably Venus, is preserved, holding her son, little Eros, sitting on her left shoulder. The child, naked, keeps himself firm by holding his mother’s right hand. The subject is quite common in the repertoire of Pompeian painting. The use of the a macchia (“by stain”) technique for the rendering of the bodies allows the fragment to be attributed to a Fourth Style decorative scheme. —AC
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