Murals in the Duke of Mantua's secretary's palace from the 17th century, copied just before its destruction in 1830. Handcoloured lithograph by H. Asmus from an illustration by Wilhelm Zahn from his own "Ornamente aller klassischen Kunst-Epochen nach den Originalen in ihren eigenthumlichen Farben dargestellt" (Ornaments of all classical art epochs after the originals and depicted in their proper colours.), Dietrich Reimer, Berlin, 1870. It includes interior decorations by Giulio Romano in the Palazzo del Te, Mantua, medieval mosaics in Sicily, and Roman wall paintings from Pompeii and Herculan

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Murals in the Duke of Mantua's secretary's palace from the 17th century, copied just before its destruction in 1830. Handcoloured lithograph by H. Asmus from an illustration by Wilhelm Zahn from his own "Ornamente aller klassischen Kunst-Epochen nach den Originalen in ihren eigenthumlichen Farben dargestellt" (Ornaments of all classical art epochs after the originals and depicted in their proper colours.), Dietrich Reimer, Berlin, 1870. It includes interior decorations by Giulio Romano in the Palazzo del Te, Mantua, medieval mosaics in Sicily, and Roman wall paintings from Pompeii and Herculaneum. Wilhelm Zahn (1800-1871) was a German artist, architect and academic who traveled around Europe documenting classical and Renaissance architecture.

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