Jan., 191 2. Antiquities from Boscoreale. 157 



FRESCO. 24657. [Plate CXX.] 



Panel with architectural prospect. The design consists of a strip 

 of wall, which has a dado beneath, and an opening above, through 

 which the spectator sees farther architectural details, and, beyond 

 them, quite out of doors, the corner of a building. The wall is repre- 

 sented as continued above the opening, this part being ornamented 

 with a painted aquatic scene. At either side of the design there is a 

 black stripe, which appears to form part of the background. 



The dado is red, with a border at top and sides of green edged with 

 white. At the top there is a cornice, which is painted yellow, with 

 narrow horizontal stripes of red. 



The surface of the wall above the dado is represented by two vertical 

 yellow bands, ornamented with horizontal and vertical red lines, 

 which are intended to suggest panelling. Inside the yellow bands a 

 green band on the left, together with an arched lintel, forms the frame 

 of the opening. The lintel joins on the right, or rather passes behind, 

 a vertical dark red band bordering on the yellow surface, but perhaps 

 not quite on the same plane with it. Above the lintel there is a dark 

 green cornice which is represented as projecting into the foreground. 

 This is the only part of the wall which is figured as nearer the spectator 

 than the yellow bands above mentioned. 



Within the opening is a short passage-way or vestibule. The 

 ceiling is painted in alternate yellow and red lines, the former probably 

 representing narrow wooden strips. Just beyond the vestibule, on the 

 left, a dark red band separates it from the succeeding interior architec- 

 ture. This consists of the corner of a light two-storied structure, through 

 which the open air appears as a white background. The greater part 

 of the front is a short passage-way, similar to the preceding. The ceil- 

 ing is in dark green with light green strips. Above the lintel there is a 

 cornice of light and dark green. From the inner lintel is suspended a 

 wreath attached at the top to a sort of vase or basket. Of the second 

 story front only a small portion shows above the cornice. The left 

 side of the structure has, on the right side of the lower story, a fluted 

 column probably of the Corinthian order, colored light and dark green, 

 as the light was supposed to fall upon it. It supports an entablature 

 consisting of an architrave of not quite correct Corinthian style, a frieze 

 which is divided into eight compartments with a garland in each, and 

 a cornice which forms an angle with that of the front, with which it 

 agrees in color. The open space between entablature and column is 

 contracted by means of a thick wall painted in successive stripes of 



