Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Isis / Single figure / With attributes / Cornucopia
Isis / Single figure / With attributes / Sistrum
Men

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Astronomy and astrology / Planets / Represented as planetary deities / Individual / Luna / Luna as a man

SECULAR ICONOGRAPHY

Allegories and personifications A-Z / Fortune (Fortuna) / With attributes / Cornucopia / With rudder
Allegories and personifications A-Z / Fortune (Fortuna) / With attributes / Sphere

Further details

According to Helbig a combination of Isis and Fortuna, and next to it Lunus - Men

Artist or creator

Pompeii

Date

1st century BC - 79

Location

Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale (from the House of Philocalus in Pompeii (IX.3.15))

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Collection

Hamburg stamp (Bibliothek Warburg)

Bibliographic Citation

Wolfgang Helbig, Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens, Berlin 1868, p. 25, no. 78; Salomon Reinach, Répertoire de peintures, Paris 1922, p. 159, no. 8

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

Contact

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