Villa (Esquiline Hill), fresco, scenes 5 - 6: Hades' entrance and punishments in Hades

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Title Villa (Esquiline Hill), fresco, scenes 5 - 6: Hades' entrance and punishments in Hades
Building Villa (Esquiline Hill)
Location City/State Rome
Location Country Italy
Style Period Ancient Rome: Republic; Antiquity
Description interior; scene derived from Homer's "Odyssey" Book XI, 12-50 ff
Subject Wall Painting
Subject AAT Pluto
Creation Date 50 - 40 BCE
Form wall painting
Medium fresco
Dimensions total length 48'; H: 5'
Repository Vatican Museum, Vatican City (Italy)
Source Ancient Greek Painting, and its Echoes in Later Art, by Stelios Lydakis. Getty Publications, Los Angeles, 2004.; Slide Library 130 -Antiquity Sites
Work ID 3057
Rights Digital Image Copyright University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s6d257n7
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 29212
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6d257n7
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