this is an original handpainted matte painting (on glas) of the three part, seven hour tv adaption of edgar bulwer-lyton's 1834 bestseller the last days of pompeii (1984). that adaption was the most expensive version of all ever made: it had a 19.000.000 us dollar budget and a truly stunning cast.
i was told, that this matte painting was one of the first art works the matte artist painted for the movie industry. below the matte painting is a screen shot which shows how the matte painting appears originally on tv-screen.note that some people on the public-place in the middle of the architecture are painted.
