Minoan Thera Wallpainting Exhibition: Fisherman, 17th C. BCE

"The West House
Room 5, West Wall
H: 1.22 / W 0.57 m

Found  in the same room as the other fisherman, this fisherman is decorated in a similar manner, with a blue shaved head and two tresses. This wall-painting depicts a young male, nude, in full profile; no attempt is made by the subject to engage the viewer with a frontal pose.

The fisherman holds three fish; their shape, size, and colours indicate them to be mackerel, Scomber Scombrus. Like the fish in the wall- painting, the mackerel have a characteristic fin structure, white bellies, and blue shiny backs.

Even though this wall-painting is poorly preserved, the surviving fragments are sufficient for restorers to accurately reconstruct and extrapolate the original image."

-taken from therafoundation link below

Minoan Thera Wallpainting Exhibition: Fisherman, 17th C. BCE.

Source:

https://web.archive.org/web/20120308033728/http://www.therafoundation.org/wallpaintingexhibition/fisherman/wallpainting

https://web.archive.org/web/20071011203016/http://www.therafoundation.org/akrotiri/thewesthouse/fishermanroom5westwall/view