A theatrical mask

Fragment of a wall painting
77. Fragment of a wall painting
Roman
A theatrical mask
Fresco, ca. 50-20 BCE
Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss, B.S. 1940s
Photograph courtesy of the Yale University Art Gallery
2001.16.2

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