Art Institute of Chicago
Relief Fragments Depicting a Seated Woman and a Griffin
Roman
- Date
- Early 1st century
- Medium
- Stucco, pigment, and gold
- Culture
- Italy
- Department
- Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
Inside some Roman houses, baths, and tombs, multiple layers of slow-drying stucco were applied to rough stone walls and divided into panels that were then painted. While the surface was still damp, fresh stucco was applied and modeled into decorative motifs and figures, which were left white to contrast with the painted background. This relief panel and its partner (1922.4429) likely came from the same building. In this panel, a seated woman extends her right arm toward a slender griffin, a mythological winged beast with the body of a cat and the head of a bird.
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- Object type
- AAT300190691
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