Image code: 60013

House of Marcus Lucretius Fronton. Tablinus. Fresco with Mars and Venus. Detail

A fresco in the III style of the tablinum wall. It shows a central panel with the loves of Mars and Venus on a red background, and at the sides two candelabra with pinakes, images of villas and maritime sanctuaries, on a black background. The decoration includes architectural elements with column and tympanum and festoons with flowers, vase birds. fish Detail with Mars with golden helmet Venus in long dress and hairstyle with golden crown and jewels, winged Cupid with bow and arrows, handmaidens, tricliniar bed

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