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Ostia: Building of the Charioteers, Venus painting
Ostia: Painting of Venus, Building of the Charioteers (photo: Athena Review 2001)
The
Building of the Charioteers was built during the first years of the reign of Antoninus
Pius (ca. 140 AD).
This
image from a room in the Charioteer Building shows a fragmentary mural painting of Venus rising from the sea, surrounded by
various sea creatures including fish, eels, and a lobster, as well as
two smaller human-like figures which may also be deities. The marine
detail is relatively well executed, and is reminiscent of that in a mosaic from the House of the Faun at
Pompeii, now in the Naples Museum of Archaeology..
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