EARLY CHRISTIAN PAINTER, Italian
(active 4th century in Rome)

Bust of a Woman

4th century
Fresco
Catacombs of Via di Livenza, Rome

The walls of the hypogeum of the Via di Livenza catacombs in Rome bear figural scenes on their middle zones depicting both pagan myths and Christian subjects: Diana the Huntress on one side; St Peter and the Converted Centurion on the other.




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