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Pompeii: House of the Golden Cupids, Peacock fresco



Pompeii: Peacock Fresco in the House of the Golden Cupids  (photo: Athena Review)


The House of the Golden Cupids (Amorina Dorati; VI 16, 7) is considered one of the best examples of domestic architecture and painting in the age of Nero. 

This Painting of a peacock with fruit is on the entrance wall 

Mythological subjects and landscapes in the third style decorate the walls of the public sitting room. A black and white mosaic rosette decorates the floor, in a style fashionable in the Augustan period.


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