Fresco Fragment with Nilotic Landscape, 1-79. Additional Info: In a scene set on the banks of the Nile River in Egypt, a crocodile moves through a cluster of rushes and sneaks up on a small figure rowing a boat beside a thatched hut and a scraggly palm tree. In the background is an impressionistic rendering of a bridge and a colonnaded portico supporting various buildings in Greco-Roman architectural style. The remains of a red border are preserved at the top and bottom of the fragment, and an additional, darker stripe along the bottom edge may have been the frame of another scene below.

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Size: 4384px × 4960px
Photo credit: © Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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