Jean-Claude Golvin

Pompeii, the home of Menander

Type

Drawing

Equipment used

Watercolor;Black ink;Graphite (traces);Paper

Dimensions

50 x 64.9 cm (Overall) 27.4 x 41 cm (Drawing)

Period

Geographical area

Location or theme

Miscellaneous

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Front view of the Menander house in Pompeii. The drawing is in landscape format. It is framed in ink. Traces of watercolor are visible in the margins. Inscriptions appear on the reverse.
The drawing represents the peristyle of the house. A garden is bordered by a Doric colonnaded portico. People are enjoying the space, one of them reading a rotulus.

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