Title
Terentius Neo and his wife
Subject
Marriage
Pompeii (Extinct city)
Italy--Antiquities
Antiquities
Description
The man holds a scroll and the woman a stylus and a wax writing tablet, standard attributes in Roman marriage portrait.
Creator
Unknown artist
Source
Kleiner, Fred S
A History of Roman Art, enhanced ed., Boston: Wadsworth, 2010 (9780495909873)
Publisher
Department of Visual Studies
University at Buffalo
Date
ca. 70 - 79
CE
Contributor
Joe Easterly
Rights
Type
mural paintings (visual works)
paintings
portraits
Still Image
Identifier
VS4478319
vw-20110131-10
Date Created
2011-08-18
Date Modified
2011-08-18
Is Part Of
Media Resource Center
Visual Resources Collection
VS001
Medium
fresco
Spatial Coverage
House VII,2,6 (Pompeii, Italy)
Temporal Coverage
Fourth Style
Ancient Roman
Citation
Unknown artist, “Terentius Neo and his wife,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed February 28, 2026, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/30011.