Original artwork description:

An Ibis holding an ear of corn in its curved beak. This is how an anonymous 1st-century artist painted it in fresco, and so it remained for 1,700 years in the Temple of Isis in Pompeii, buried in the ashes of Vesuvius. Today, it is preserved in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. I wanted to reproduce it by inserting it in an imaginary landscape.

You can see a photo of the original work among other images searching on the internet "sacred ibis oplontis uk".

The range and quality of the colours in these photos may be slightly affected by the type of screen and device used for viewing.

Materials used:

Oil