Mar. 4th, 2013

Soprintendenza Speciale per i beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei
This picture, painted some 15 years before the eruption, is unique among all the surviving frescoes from
the cities for its realism and is surely intended to be a true portrait of the young couple. That they
were literate and ambitious is made clear by the stylus, writing tablet and scroll they hold.
