Record

Collection	ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection
Object Name	Print (Wall of Pantheon)
	Picture
	Illustration
Object Number	ABDUA:31124
Other Number	A662+1
Other Number Type	Old number
Period	1854 - 1896
Brief Description	Colour print showing 'Pompei, Destroyed Pantheon'. Label below print indicates that it is a copy of a fresco from a wall in the Pantheon which was excavated in 1834. Central panel in black with an angel elevating a male figure. Either side and below are panels in coral and gold, featuring various figures, including a female painter to the right side and a female angel crowning a male warrior(?) to the left.
Content Description	Pompei, Destroyed Pantheon
Dimensions	Frame H: 505 x W:620mm, Print H: 310 x W: 445mm
Materials	Paper, ink, pigment
Condition	Good
Completeness	Complete
Technique	Printing, Colour Lithograph
Maker	Niccolini, F & F.
Object Production Date	1876-1960
Association Type Place	Subject
Inscription Content	Pompeii destroyed Augt 23rd AD 79. Fresco from a wall in the Pantheon
Publication Note	Fausto & Felice Niccolini. (1854 - 1896). Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei (“The Houses and Monuments of Pompeii”). Naples.
Aquisition Source	Morrice, Mrs Gordon
Aquisition Date	05/10/1948

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