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Roman fresco showing woman’s tragic mask

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Roman fresco showing woman's tragic mask
Roman fresco showing woman's tragic mask

Roman fresco depicting a woman wearing a tragic mask. The painting was executed in the Third Pompeian style (focusing on aesthetic effects rather than the illusion of space); it was found in the triclinium of the so-called House of the Golden Bracelet in Pompeii. The object dates to the 1st century CE.