Pompeiana : the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii, the result of excavations since 1819 (1837)
Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836 · London : Lewis A. Lewis · leaf 258
ery sparingly adopted,in order to exclude as much as possible theintroduction of imaginary ornament. It maynot be amiss to add, when every thing is dis-puted, that the iron rods, on which curtains,or draperies, were suspended from column tocolumn, have lately, in the year 1828, beendiscovered… … POMPEIANA. 161 have supposed that this represented the returnof Helen to Menelaus, and have amused them-selves by discovering, in the countenances,expressions excited by that event. Somehave considered this painting as represent-ing the moment when Thetis complains toJupiter of the injustice done…
Architecture, Roman
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