Genre painting of two satyrs and a dog from a house in Pompeii.


Genre painting of two young satyrs with grapes and a dog from the house complex at Regio VI, Insula XIV, 28 to 32, near the new fullonica (fuller's shop). Illustration drawn by Discanno and lithographed by Victor Steeger from Emil Presuhn's "Pompeji. Die Neuesten Ausgrabungen von 1874-1881," Weigel, Leipzig, 1882. German archeologist Presuhn (1844-1881) lived in Italy for eight years and, with Mr. Discanno and Miss Amy Butts, made exact copies of many wall paintings that are now lost.


Size: 5399px × 5959px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1874-1881, 28, 32, 1882, art, ausgrabungen, bach, buildings, chromolithograph, classical, cloth-launderer, complex, decoration, discanno, dog, dyer, emil, excavated, fresco, fuller, fullonica, genre, grapes, house, insula, insulae, interior, leipzig, lithograph, mural, neuesten, newly, painting, pompeii, pompeji, presuhn, regio, roman, satyr, shop, steeger, vi, victor, wall, xiv