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	Pompeii: Temple of Isis, fantasy landscape with tragic mask Pompeii: Temple of Isis, fantasy landscape (Naples Mus.Arch.; photo: Athena Review)
	This 4th style fresco painting from the Temple of Isis at Pompeii shows a typical fantasy landscape with temples and crocodile, placed on a stage set-like red background. It is surmounted by a tragic mask of Dionysios or Osiris.  Beneath is a standarized floral composition.   The painting is now displayed at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.
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