THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: GALLERIA 165: The Cubiculum Nocturnum

Speranza

This is an accurate reconstruction of a bedroom from the Roman villa at Boscoreale (ca. 50–40 B.C.) that was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on August 24, A.D. 79. The walls are decorated with highly ornate and colorful frescoes of the so-called Second Style, comprising urban landscapes with towering architectural vistas on the side walls and rocky outdoor scenes populated by various songbirds on the rear wall.
Known as the villa of P. Fannius Synistor, the building was excavated in 1900.