In 1924, Professor Francis W. Kelsey of the University of Michigan commissioned an Italian artist, Maria Barosso, to reproduce the wall murals of the Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii. Barosso chose watercolor as her medium; the entire project was finished in just over 18 months. The Barosso watercolors are now on display at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, Ann Arbor, Michigan. This film describes the murals, Maria Barosso’s work, and an exciting conservation project, undertaken almost 100 years later, to preserve these beautiful watercolors.
