Vatican Fresco painting wall Rome Italy art

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3543 x 5799 px | 30 x 49.1 cm | 11.8 x 19.3 inches | 300dpi

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RMA17GK9–Vatican Fresco painting wall Rome Italy art

RF2AXW8NJ–The fresco, from the Augustan age, was detached immediately after its discovery in Rome in 1601 from the masonry of a house near the Arch of Gallienus on the Esquiline Hill. Previously part of the collection of Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, it was acquired by Pius VII in 1818 and placed in its current location in 1838. It appears to represent a generic wedding scene: in the center, a goddess consoles the bride before the arrival of her husband in the bridal chamber; next to them, a goddess, leaning against a pillar, pours fragrant essences into a shell. The god Hymen (or the groom) is depicted