Painting removed from a wall of a room, possibly a triclinium or dining room, in a house in Pompeii in 1749. It shows a Cernophores dancer with basket and plate, a crown of wheat, and a fine white robe with sandals. The Cernophores imitated religious dances in festivals devoted to pleasure. 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.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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