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Head in wood
Etruscan mirror
Sarcophagus lid
Slab of a Volterra urn
Crater with columns
Kylix
Fragment of relief with Brahmanical ascetics
Monaco
False shelf (Nāgadanta) figured
False shelf (Nāgadanta) figured
Curvilinear relief fragment with scenes from the life of the Buddha
Standing Buddha statue
Head of the Buddha
Parthenopaios crater
Oinochoe con Hermes e Nike
Oinochoe with Hermes and Nike (detail)
Lebes gamikos
Crater of the Ghiottoni
Crater with representation of the myth of Orestes
Fragment of Euphronius
Shield umbone
Pair of earrings and ring
Crosses in gold foil
Sword grip
Solid of Emperor Phocas
Pair of fibulae
Fibbia Gota
Signet ring
Head of Jupiter
Floor
Lovere cup
Floor A
Floor B
Painted altar
Trivulzio Diatreta Cup
Patera (dish) from Parabiago
Heracles at rest
Portrait (possibly Maximian)
Theatrical mask from Caesarea Maritima
Nymph with peplum
Volute oil lamp with figured disc
Epigraph of Pontius Pilate
Lucky fisherman statue
Treasury of Caesarea Maritima
Head in wood
Etruscan mirror
Sarcophagus lid
Slab of a Volterra urn
Crater with columns
Kylix
Fragment of relief with Brahmanical ascetics
Monaco
False shelf (Nāgadanta) figured
False shelf (Nāgadanta) figured
Curvilinear relief fragment with scenes from the life of the Buddha
Standing Buddha statue
Head of the Buddha
Parthenopaios crater
Oinochoe con Hermes e Nike
Oinochoe with Hermes and Nike (detail)
Lebes gamikos
Crater of the Ghiottoni
Crater with representation of the myth of Orestes
Fragment of Euphronius
Shield umbone
Pair of earrings and ring
Crosses in gold foil
Sword grip
Solid of Emperor Phocas
Pair of fibulae
Fibbia Gota
Signet ring
Head of Jupiter
Floor
Lovere cup
Floor A
Floor B
Painted altar
Trivulzio Diatreta Cup
Patera (dish) from Parabiago
Heracles at rest
Portrait (possibly Maximian)
Theatrical mask from Caesarea Maritima
Nymph with peplum
Volute oil lamp with figured disc
Epigraph of Pontius Pilate
Lucky fisherman statue
Treasury of Caesarea Maritima

Painted altar

Anonymous

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Civic Archaeological Museum of Milan

Civic Archaeological Museum of Milan

Corso Magenta, 15, Milan

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Found in 1825 in Milan, near via Circo, the altar was probably used for private use, as suggested by the subjects depicted which are typical of larari (small temples placed in private homes) and should be interpreted as a message of good luck, according to a symbolic language. widespread in the Augustan age. The altar on side A depicts the goddess Tellus (Earth) or Ceres, with ears of wheat, a symbol of fertility and abundance; below, in black marble, there is a head of Dionysus / Bacchus. Side B depicts Fortuna-Abundantia (Abundance), with cornucopia and rudder resting on a wheel, symbols of the upheavals of fate Side C reproduces the image of Hercules standing leaning on the club, with the leontè and a cup in his hand side D presents a winged, naked Victory, with a palm branch in the left hand and a vegetable crown in the right, in the typical gesture of the victor's coronation. The good quality of the painting and the educated subjects reflects the refinement and culture of the client of the monument, perhaps the owner of one of the domus that, between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD, characterize the western district of Mediolanum. The altar, part of the furnishings of a domus or a collegium (seat of a guild of artisans or traders), is one of the very rare examples of Roman painting in Milan, consisting mostly of small wall fragments of private residences.
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Title: Painted altar

Author: Anonymous

Date: II sec. d.C.

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Displayed in: Civic Archaeological Museum of Milan

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