Wall with Still Life, by unknown artist, 62-79, 1st Century A.D., ripped fresco, 298 x...

Detail. Wall with a pedestal and badges; the black-background pedestal is decorated with bushes of vegetation; the middle zone, divided into three parts, hosts a central red-background panel on which stands out a yellow floor within an image representing a sylen and a maenad who fly together; between this zone and lateral panels, with a red-background base with yellow borders and alandscape picture within, are inserted white-background panels with semi-aedicules connected by wreaths and covered by thin, metallic candleholders on a black background; the badge is made of four paintings representing still lifes: in the first one, are slices of bread; in the second one, oratas, surmullets and a moray eel among cliffs; in the third one a kalathos, typical Greek bowl, with a spoon, some eggs on a silver plate and a jug of wine, hanging quails, a napkin and a little bottle; in the fourth one, two clusters of coins, an inkpot and a parchment; from Praedia di Iulia Felix.