Gathering flowers to add your cornucopia is clearly the very best way to enjoy a spring day. This fresco fragment is often identified as Flora and was found in the Villa of Ariadne in Stabiae. Now held in the MAN Napoli.
While the chill of autumn is in the air over in the Antipodes, we long for the spring of our neighbours in the northern realms.
A flourishing culture of writing and engagement with the written word is central to this #FrescoFriday offering. From the Villa di Guilia Felice, Pompeii, this fresco is thought to depict Terentius Neo and his wife (name unknown). Neo holds a scroll while his wife who holds a stylus and writing tablet. The piece is now held at the MAN Napoli.
Hard to go past the newly revealed fresco from Pompeii this #FrescoFriday. The lifesize scene shows a procession of Dionysius and this photo glorious frames a dancing maenad between two columns. The stunning scene is a feast of red hues!
It’s #FrescoFriday and what better way to usher in the weekend than by having a banquet! This fresco from Pompeii shows a good old feast in progress. We’re hoping the central figure at the front is demanding a refill 
It was fair to say that Clodia had absolutely no interest in what had happened to Varus’ legions, but poor Marcus wasn’t picking up what she was putting down.
#FrescoFriday: A remarkable fresco cycle (late 1st c. BCE) from a columbarium near Rome's Porta Maggiore depicts Rome's foundation myths. Found in 1875, it belonged to T. Statilius Taurus, Augustus's associate. Scenes show the Trojan War, city foundations, and the Rhea Silvia narrative. 
National Roman Museum - Palazzo Massimo
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For #FrescoFriday: Found in 1865 in columbarium 31 of the Ostiense necropolis, this 3rd-c. AD painting shows workers loading foodstuffs onto the Isis Geminiana, a riverboat. The scene features named figures like Farnaces (helmsman) & Abascantus (supervisor) and detailed depictions of ancient trade practices. The fresco now is part of the Gregoriano Profano Museum, Vatican.
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The so-called Sappho fresco shows a young woman pensively holding stylus and wax tablet while gazing at the viewer. Besides these striking accessories, the fact of the portrait’s existence, the golden filament hairnet and earrings suggest a comfortable life.
Detail from the garden fresco from Livia’s villa in Prima Porta. To stand in the room where this fresco is held at the Palazzo Massimo is to be overcome by the stunning sense of control over nature and time suggested by the wealth of abundance and wildlife.
#FrescoFriday is here and that can only mean one thing: grape outfits are back on the menu. However you celebrate Friyay, we recommend a good dress and Bacchus really comes with goods when it comes to fashion. Party on!
Glorious details against a blue background revealed from the recent work at Pompeii. The architectural details and the seemingly floating figure against the blue give this scene celestial vibes 
Insula 10, Regio IX
With the northern folk of our grand home planet taking in the summer, we in the southern climes are looking forward to spring. Nothing quite like the garden fresco from the House of the Golden Bracelet to make us dream!
Pompeii
MAN Napoli
For #FrescoFriday: This fresco dated to the 1st c. BC is part of eight panels depicting episodes from the Odyssey books. This one depicts the scene where Laestrygonians destroy Ulysses' fleet. Ulysses' ship (right), the only one spared, makes its way towards the Island of Circe. Musei Vaticani.
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For #FrescoFriday: this is a brush-painted inscription on plaster, claiming Aurelia Cyriace's rights to the Insula Sertoriana, or part of it, following her father's donation. It includes flats, workshops, and space under the staircase. Dated to 2nd or 3rd c. AD, it was found at the Forum Boarium in Rome, and is now in Musei Vaticani.
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It’s nearly the weekend which can only mean it’s time to strut your stuff like the divinity you are! Take inspiration from this gorgeous peacock 
Villa Poppaea, Oplontis
For #FrescoFriday: These frescoes come from the domus of Vigna Guidi, a luxurious house in Rome dating from the late Hadrianian period. It was partly destroyed and covered with earth during the construction of the Baths of Caracalla in 212 AD. The Domus was discovered on the southeast side of the baths, at a depth of about 10 m, during excavations conducted between 1858 and 1869 by Giovan Battista Guidi in a vineyard owned by him at the time.
This fresco is an absolute favourite of mine. The figure is sometimes identified as the goddess Flora or Persephone. With her back to the viewer, she holds a cornucopia and seems to be in a pensive moment picking flowers.
MAN Napoli, inv 8834
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The weekend is nearly here and that means (hopefully!) gathering together with loved ones and sharing a meal or a feast. Watch out for the hare though, they are already tucking into the delicious grapes 
MAN Napoli
For #FrescoFriday: Fresco fragment of a Calendar with Children bearing offerings to the goddess Diana. Beginning of the 3rd century A.D. Ostia, from an edifice near Porta Laurentina. Now in Musei Vaticani.
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