Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Lion and Amorini between Dionysus and Maenads
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Lion and Amorini between Dionysus and Maenads
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Image View:
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Detail, bottom, two amorini or putti
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient))
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Location:
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repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 10019
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Location Note:
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Piazza Museo Nazionale, 19
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GPS:
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+40.8534+14.2505
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Date:
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80-50 BCE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Late Republican
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Work Type 1:
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mosaic (visual work)
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Classification:
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mosaics
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Material:
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colored stone tesserae
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Technique:
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mosaic (process)
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Measurements:
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168 cm (diameter)
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Description:
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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.
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-NAM-LAT-A05
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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