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English: Drawing by César Famin of a Roman fresco from Pompeii. The fresco was located in the Osteria della Via di Mercurio, (Caupona of the street of Mercury).[1]

The building that this fresco was in is located at; "VI 10,1.19".[1] The fresco was in room b of this building on the east wall.[1]

The fresco has meanwhile been destroyed.


This drawing is from: César Famin, Herculanum et Pompei. Le Musée Secret. (Paris 1836), Plate 35.

It is speculated that on the wall painting there were two lines that were below the two figures[1] and that these two lines were shadows. It is speculated that these two lines have been drawn as tightropes that the two figures are balancing on in this drawing.[2][1]
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Source John R. Clarke: Ars Erotica. Darmstadt: Primus 2009
Author WolfgangRieger
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  • A second image of the same drawing.
    A second image of the same drawing.
  • A second drawing of the same fresco. M. L. Barre. 1877
    A second drawing of the same fresco. M. L. Barre. 1877

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  1. ↑ a b c d e John R. Clarke (2007) Looking at Laughter Humor, Power, and Transgression in Roman Visual Culture, 100 B.C.- A.D. 250, University of California Press ISBN: 9780520237339.
  2. ↑ John R. Clarke (2009) (in german) Ars erotica: Sexualität und ihre Bilder im antiken Rom, Darmstadt: Primus ISBN: 3896783971.

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Drawing by César Famin of a roman fresco from the Osteria della Via di Mercurio, (Caupona of the street of Mercury) (VI 10,1.19, room b) in Pompeii. The drawing is dated to 1827.

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