Roman fresco showing perfume production. Male and female figures represent the perfumers,who are using aromatic plants to prepare perfumes and oils. Here,a young woman (seated) with butterfly wings is smelling a perfume on the back of her hand,while attended by a perfumer (right) and a slave girl (left). This fresco is from the triclinium (dining room) of the House of the Vettii in Pompeii,a Roman city located in the Bay of Naples,Italy. Pompeii was ruined and buried during an eruption of the volcano Vesuvius in 79 AD. The city was rediscovered and excavated in the 18th and 19th centuries | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Landmann, Patrick |
Bildgröße: | 5198 px × 3425 px |
Modell-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Eigentums-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Restrictions: | - |