Pompei_-_Sappho_-_MAN.jpg
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Object
Woman with wax tablets and stylus (so-called "Sappho") | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
Woman with wax tablets and stylus (so-called "Sappho")
label QS:Lpt,"Mulher com tabuletas de cera e estilete (considerada "Saffo")"
label QS:Len,"Woman with wax tablets and stylus (so-called "Sappho")"
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Object type | fresco | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | portrait | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | fresco on gesso | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 37 cm (14.5 in)
; width: 38 cm (14.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,+37U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+38U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q637248
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Photograph
Description Pompei - Sappho - MAN.jpg |
English:
Detail of the portrait of a young woman (so-called Sappho) with writing pen and wax tablets.
The net in her hair is made of golden threads and typical for the fashion of the Neronian period. Roman fresco from Regio VI (insula occidentalis) in Pompeii. Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples)
Deutsch:
Detail eines Porträts einer jungen Frau (sogenannte Sappho) mit Schreibgerät und Wachstäfelchen.
Das aus Goldfäden gefertigte Haarnetz ist typisch für die Zeit Neros. Römisches Fresko aus dem der Regio VI (insula occidentalis) in Pompeji. Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Neapel) |
Date | |
Source | Marisa Ranieri Panetta (ed.): Pompeji. Geschichte, Kunst und Leben in der versunkenen Stadt. Belser, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-7630-2266-X , p. 181 |
Author | WolfgangRieger |
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