Painted Plaster Wall Fragment

Title: Painted Plaster Wall Fragment
Inventory Number: A0257
Date Acquired: 1909
Source: Magoffin
Provenance: Rome, ?Porta Salaria, Porta Pia
From Date: 1
To Date: 100
State of Preservation: Irregularly fat elliptical-shaped fragment mended from 2 fragments & joined on back w plaster/cement; two large fragments of painted plaster missing from both sides of lower fragment; cracked & worn, w ?whitish incrustation esp on Cupid. Body of Cupid fr just below waist facing l w arms outstretched, probably driving chariot, reins of which around waist; behind figure at armpit h, semi-circular stripe encircling sold :circle below. Various items in backgrd: leafy stalk in front of figure and tendril behind, close crescent above and behind, tendril below.
Height: 31.0 cm
Width: 21.5 cm
Color: Wall body 7.5YR N7/ (light gray); background ca 5B 7/1 (light blue gray); Cupid body ca 5YR 8/3 (pink); plant 5G 6/2 (pale green); red 7.5YR 3/8 (red).
Notes: SMA file photo
Type: wall decoration
Material: painted plaster