2-750-448 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Arcosolium in the Catacomb of Domitilla on the Via Ardeatina, Rome, Italy, (1928). '2nd half of 4th century B.C. Front, right: Miracle of the Source, left: Resurrection of Lazarus. Under the arch: scale pattern with palmettes. The painting at end of arch: Christ with Apostles (only Peter has been preserved)'. After Joseph Wilpert. Plate XLV, fig 101, from "An Encyclopaedia of Colour Decoration from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the XIXth Century" with explanatory text by Helmuth Bossert. [Ernst Wasmuth Ltd., Berlin, 1928]