Portrait of Terentius Neo is a Roman fresco of about 50 AD from a house in Pompeii, showing the bakery owner Terentius Neo and his wife as equals, he holding a scroll and she a stylus and wax tablet, emblems of literacy and civic standing. It was found in the House of Terentius Neo and is now held at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples; a smaller painting of Cupid and Psyche originally hung directly above the couple on the same wall.
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a Roman fresco
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National Archaeological Museum, Naples
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The Portrait of Terentius Neo is a Roman fresco, created circa 50 AD, depicting a couple holding objects important to literacy.
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The Portrait of Terentius Neo is a Roman fresco, created circa 50 AD, depicting a couple holding objects important to literacy. It was found in Pompeii in the House of Terentius Neo in Regio 7, Insula 2, 6, and is now in the Natio
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The Portrait of Terentius Neo is a Roman fresco, created circa 50 AD, depicting a couple holding objects important to literacy.
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- Wikidata Q3399457, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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