View asset onlyPainting removed from a wall of a room, possibly a triclinium or dining room, in a house in Pompeii in 1749. It shows a female centaur or centauress carrying a bacchant carrying a thyrsus or staff. The centauress holds a sprig of foliage in her left hand and with her right hand drapes a garland under the bacchant’s arm. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own ‘Antichita di Ercolano’ (Antiquities of Herculaneum), Rome, 1789. Italian artist and engraver Piroli (1752–1824) published six volumes between 1789 and 1807 documenting the murals and bronzes found in Heraculaneum and Pompeii.IdentifierAKG2000165SourceFlorilegiusCredit lineakg-images / FlorilegiusTopicARTARTISTBRONZECENTAURCENTAURESSCIVILIZATIONENGRAVERFLORILEGIUSHOUSEMURALROMANTRICLINIUMWALLGeographyHERCULANEUMPOMPEIIROMETechniqueENGRAVING (TECHNIQUE)FRESCOSCULPTURESize4961px × 3647px (51 MB) 42.0 cm × 30.8 cm @ 300 dpiSpecial Formats6574px × 4833px (91 MB) JPEG55.7 cm × 40.9 cm @ 300 dpiAdd to lightbox: 'My First Lightbox'Add to cartDownloadRelated Selections:Mythical Creatures
