Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Lion and Amorini between Dionysus and Maenads
Image View:
Detail, left side, cloaked figure with grape or ivy wreath, holding the thrysus
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 10019
Location Note:
Piazza Museo Nazionale, 19
GPS:
40.8534 14.2505
Date:
80-50 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:
168 cm (diameter)
Description:
From the House of the Centaur (VI.9.35.27), excavated in 1829. Based on the extensive restoration to the mosaic, it was certainly in poor condition when it was discovered. Central emblemata of a floor mosaic.
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-LAT-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Lion and Amorini between Dionysus and Maenads