The series of tomb paintings of Marisa, barely 60 kilometres southwest of Jerusalem, represents one of the first major discoveries of paintings dating from the Hellenistic period. They produced much excitement among art scholars and antiquarians at the time of their discovery a century ago. John Peters and Hermann Thiersch rendered a considerable service to later generations by having these paintings photographed almost immediately, because they very rapidly deteriorated and within a few years virtually disappeared. This timely publication makes the fine but long-neglected paintings from Marisa available to art historians once more. There can be little doubt that they provide a fascinating glimpse of the impact of Hellenistic culture, in particular, that of Ptolemaic Alexandria.  Large format paperback.  36 pages plus 30 full page plates. In very good clean condition.  Cat No 4968