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94 - FRAGMENT OF A FRESCO DEPICTING A MENAAD
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FRAGMENT OF A FRESCO DEPICTING A MENAAD Roman art, circa the 1st century A.D. Fragment of a fresco depicting, against a black background, a dancing Maenad dressed in a sheer gown, carrying a jar on her shoulder—held in place by her left hand—and holding a thyrsus in her right hand. Above the female figure is a bucranium within a square frame from which two garlands of foliage extend. Restored. Dimensions: 47 x 33 cm Provenance: Former American private collection, acquired from the Jean-Philippe Mariaud de Serres Gallery, Paris, in the 1970s Bonhams, London, April 29, 2009: lot 29 (ill.) Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA274) Bibliography: Bonhams, Antiquities sale, London, April 29, 2009, lot 29 M. Merrony, “Roman Mosaics” in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 114, fig. 3 A Roman polychrome fresco fragment depicting a dancing Maenad, circa 1st century A.D.
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