Concert of psyches

A group of psyches make music beneath a canopy. At the left, two sing. In the center a third psyche plays a stringed instrument. At the far right a fourth opens a box that holds a draped cloth. Below that figure sits an erote.

Concert of psyches

Medium:
Fresco
Dimensions:
53.3 cm wide, 58.4 cm high
Context:
House of Marcus Lucretius, triclinium 16, south wall, west section, central painting, Pompeii
Date:
1st century CE
Inventory Number:
MANN 9206
Lender:
National Archaeological Museum of Naples
Credit:
Image © Photographic Archive, National Archaeological Museum of Naples