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Three fragments of wall painting

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Three wall painting fragments, said to come from a villa near Palestrina. Plain red ground; fragments on left and right have thin white, decorative bands.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics Brought from a villa near Palestrina. Dr. A.S. Pease (by 1909) gift; to Department of the Classics Harvard University 1909 transfer; to the Fogg Museum of Art 1977. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Department of the Classics Harvard University Gift of Dr. A. S. Pease
Title: Three fragments of wall painting
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Three wall painting fragments, said to come from a villa near Palestrina.
Plain red ground; fragments on left and right have thin white, decorative bands.

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