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| Fragment of garden mural from House of the Golden Cupids in Pompeii: nightingale with roses
In A.D. 62: Pompeii, Miranda is inspired by this painting to tell the story of "The Nightingale" by Hans Christian Andersen; she sees her own situation as similar to that of the captive bird. This mural is in the Museo Nazionale Archeologico Napoli, along with many other treasures from Pompeii. |
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| Architectural motifs and garden images (villa of P. Fannius Sinister at Boscoreale)
This is now in the lobby of the Metropolitan Museum of New York. |
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| Mural from "The House of Venus on the Shell" in Pompeii
This is one of rather few murals that is still in its original location in a house in Pompeii. Unfortunately, its exposure to weather and pollution is causing rapid deterioration. Photographs in older books show much better detail than more recent images. |
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| Household Lares from the House of the Vettius Brothers in Pompeii | |||||||||||||||