Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Mosaic: Cat Bites Partridge; Two Ducks
Image View:
Upper tier; cat with a partridge in her mouth; lower tier, ducks (on the left a male Eurasian Teal, on the right a Common Shelduck), birds, fish and shellfish
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 9993
Location Note:
Piazza Museo Nazionale, 19
GPS:
40.8534 14.2505
Date:
100-80 BCE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Late Republican
Work Type 1:
mosaic (visual work)
Classification:
mosaics
Material:
colored stone tesserae
Technique:
mosaic (process)
Measurements:
50 cm (height) x 50 cm (width)
Description:
A Roman mosaic in two registers; in the top a cat bites a partridge, in the lower register there are two ducks with flower buds and an assortment of small birds, fish and shell fish. The animals are all highly detailed and accurately depicted; the species can be identified. The duck on the left is a male Eurasian Teal, on the right a Common Shelduck. The mosaic is from the House of the Faun (Casa del Fauno) (VI.12.2.30). The House of the Faun is the most complete example of a luxury villa of the aristocracy of the Late Republican period. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-GAP-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Mosaic: Cat Bites Partridge; Two Ducks