File:Wall painting - birth of Venus from a shell - Pompeii (VII 6 7) - Napoli MAN.jpg

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English: - object type: wall painting (fresco)

- description: birth of Aphrodite / Venus („anadyomene“) from the shell, held by Eros; very similar to the famous painting in the casa della Venere in conchiglia, Pompeii II, 3, 3; probably both depending from a hellenistic original - period / date: fourth style of pompeian wall painting, 50-79 AD - findspot: Pompeii VII, 6, 7 - museum / inventory number: Napoli, Museo Archeologico Nazionale - There is some discussion about the identification of this piece: The information in the Museum says: from Pompei(?) without inventory number; the catalogue gives the (wrong?) inventory number 27704 and the exact findspot Pompeii VII, 6, 7 ...

- Please note: The above museum permits photography of its exhibits for private, educational, scientific, non-commercial purposes. If you intend to use the photo for any commercial aim, please contact the museum and ask for permission.
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