Triclinium After the Orgy, 1860 (oil on canvas)

Triclinium After the Orgy (Il triclinio dopo l'orgia), by Domenico Morelli, c. 1860, 19th Century, oil on canvas, 136 x 104 cm Whole artwork view. Banqueters are asleep upon the beds of an ancient Roman house, the triclinium, in the golden light of the morning; a female figure turns her head in order to watch them, while getting away with a heap of laundry and a jug: on the background, white pillars sustain an arbour covered with creepers; the unfinished painting shows a typical scene from Pompeii, depicting a theme inspired by the everyday life of Ancient Romans National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art-GNAM