File:Artemis found in Pompeii.jpg

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Artemis

First century AD. Cast of marble figure, painted with pigments in egg tempera. Found in Pompeii (VII.6.3) The statue is a Roman creation imitating Greek statues of the sixt century BC. Numerous colour traces on the skin and clothes were visible at the time of the statue's discovery. The exact colours were identified scientifically and have been used in the reconstruction.

Part of the Gods in Colour exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum 2015.

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