DescriptionPompeii - Osteria della Via di Mercurio - Erotic Scene 1.jpg
English: Drawing by César Famin (1827) of a roman fresco from the Osteria della Via di Mercurio (VI 10,1.19, room b) in Pompeii. The fresco has meanwhile been destroyed.
From:César Famin: Herculanum et Pompei. Le Musée Secret. (Paris 1836), Plate 35.
The two characters appear to be tightrope walkers, but this is probably an error of the draughtsman, who mistook a shadow line for a rope.[1][2]
Date
Source
John R. Clarke: Ars Erotica. Darmstadt: Primus 2009
Author
WolfgangRieger
Other versions
A second image of the same drawing.
A second drawing of the same fresco. M. L. Barre. 1877
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↑ John R. Clarke (2009) (in german) Ars erotica: Sexualität und ihre Bilder im antiken Rom, Darmstadt: Primus ISBN: 3896783971.