File:Wall painting - Admetos and Alkestis receiving the oracle - Herculaneum - Napoli MAN 9026 - 01.jpg
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English: - object type: wall painting (fresco)
- description: Admetos and his wife Alkestis receive the oracle saying that one of them will die unless a relative offers himself to go to Hades instead; Admetos´ parents listen; compare the painting: same subject, different composition: Pompeii, VI, 8, 3, house of the tragic poet, tablinum (8), Napoli MAN 9027 - period / date: fourth style of pompeian wall painting - height: 106 cm - width: 86,5 cm - findspot: Herculaneum - museum / inventory number: Napoli, Museo Archeologico Nazionale 9026 - 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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| Author | ArchaiOptix |
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