Underpainting with grid and sketches of architecture

A fragment from the next-to-the-last layer of plaster on a gray wall with two architectural compositions, one with a round temple framed by a pavilion and a half arch, and the other an architrave supported by columns. The overall image is gray with scratched lines.

Underpainting with grid and sketches of architecture

Medium:
Plaster
Dimensions:
74.9 cm wide, 46.4 cm high
Context:
Oplontis Villa A (“Villa of Poppaea”), atrium 5, east wall, Oplontis, Torre Annunziata
Date:
1st century BCE
Inventory Number:
MANN 155730
Lender:
National Archaeological Museum of Naples
Credit:
Image © Photographic Archive, National Archaeological Museum of Naples