Paintings is a collection of curiosities dedicated to depictions of the ancient Roman world in painting, graphic art, and visual art. This category features interesting information, lesser-known facts, and historical context about images inspired by antiquity, depicting events, figures, architecture, and daily life of the Roman Empire.
The Excavation of Pompeii, painting by Filippo Palizzi (1818-1899), an Italian painter. His romantic image shows how the process of excavating the ancient city from the mass of sand and soil in the 19th century proceeded.
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