Haunting panel from the ashes of Pompeii
When Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, catastophic volcanic ash buried cities and towns in the region of Southern Italy. This panel is a reproduction of a fresco wall painting (Roman, about 40–30 B.C.) from the bedroom of a country villa in Boscoreale, about one mile north the volcano. We all often make the mistake in thinking that the people who lived before us were somehow simpler, or less sophisticated. But this mural that some family used to look at as they drifted off the sleep, over 2000 years ago… beautiful and humbling.
Art-book-quality offset lithograph mounted on a wood panel. Includes hardware for hanging. 1
19 1/2” x 39” W