Frigidarium or cold bath, Stabian Thermae, Pompeii. A man talks with two youths while a slave kneels at the alveus (pool) with a jug of oil and towel. Chromolithograph and illustration by Oscar Dressler from Antonio Niccolini’s Pompeii: Views and Restorations (Pompeii: Essaies et Restaurations), published by Zucchi & De Luca, Naples, 1898. Antonio was grandson of the architect Antonio Niccolini Sr.

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