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Fragment of wall painting showing a theatrical mask

ca. 50–20 B.C.

Paint on plaster

16 × 15 cm (6 5/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss, B.S. 1940S
2001.16.2
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Roman
Period: 
Roman (1st century B.C.)
Classification: 
Paintings
Provenance: 

ex. coll. Molly and Walter Bareiss.

Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions 2001,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2002): 125.

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