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Candelabrum on Red Ground
An impossible golden candelabrum blooming with a tiny frieze — Roman red at its richest.
What
A fresco of a slender fantastical candelabrum crowned by a miniature frieze, on a saturated red ground, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase.
Why
A faithful reproduction of a public-domain work in The Metropolitan Museum (CC0).
Notice
The red is the house’s own colour, straight from the source.
“Ornament, when it is this sure of itself, becomes the subject.”
Format
The full-resolution, colour-managed file — yours to print and keep. Editions ship with their certificate.
Sized to protect print quality — this source supports sizes up to 11x17" cleanly.
Size
$39.00
Honesty
ReproductionA faithful reproduction of a public-domain work. Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 20.192.13.
- Kind
- reproduction
- Era
- Roman, Boscotrecase, last decade of the 1st century BCE
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — a work of antiquity (Pompeii / the Greek vase canon). Cleared by open-access-registrar on 2026-07-18. The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Open Access (CC0). isPublicDomain:true; accession 20.192.13; direct-fetch confirmed 2026-07-18.
