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Fresco from Herculaneum: erotic scene. A woman wearing only a gold silk flammeum shows her lover a quince-tree leaf, symbol of the nuptial bed. Handcoloured lithograph by A. Delvaux from Cesar Famin's "Musee royal de Naples (The Royal Museum at Naples)," Abel Ledoux, Paris, 1836. This rare volume is a catalog of the collection of erotic paintings, bronzes and statues excavated in Pompeii and Herculaneum and stored in a Secret Cabinet at Naples.
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Fresco from Herculaneum: erotic scene. A woman wearing only a gold silk flammeum shows her lover a quince-tree leaf, symbol of the nuptial bed. Handcoloured lithograph by A. Delvaux from Cesar Famin's "Musee royal de Naples (The Royal Museum at Naples)," Abel Ledoux, Paris, 1836. This rare volume is a catalog of the collection of erotic paintings, bronzes and statues excavated in Pompeii and Herculaneum and stored in a Secret Cabinet at Naples.
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Image size:
3764 x 4302 px | 46.3 MB
Print size:
31.9 x 36.4 cm | 12.5 x 14.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
19TH CENTURY • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • ARBOL • ARTFORM: BRONZEWORK • ARTFORM: LITHOGRAPH • BRONCE • BRONZE BRASS • BRONZE • BRONZES • CABINET • CAESAR • CENTURY • CESAR • DELVAUX • EMBLEM • EMPERADOR OF ROME • EMPERORS, ROMAN • EROTICA • FAMIN • FLAMMEUM • FRESCO • GOLD • GOLD, ALL • GOLDEN • GOLDSMITH • HANDCOLOURED • HERCULANEUM • LEAF • LEAVE • LEAVES • LITHOGRAPH • LITHOGRAPHER • LITHOGRAPHY • LOVER • LOVERS • MARBLE • MARBRE • MUSÉE • MUSEUM • MUSEUMS • NAPLES • NUPTIAL • PAINTING • POMPEI • POMPEII • PORNOGRAPHY • QUINCE • ROMAN EMPEROR • ROMAN • ROMANO • ROYAL • SECRET • SEX • SILK • SIMBOLOS • STATUE • STATUES • SYMBOL • SYMBOLS • TEXTILES: SILK • TREE • TREES • WOMAN'S • WOMAN • WOMEN'S • WOMEN • WOMENS • XIX CENTURY
