Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Floor Mosaic with Cockfight
Alternate Title:
Combattimento di galli
Image View:
Overall view of central panel, "framed" in the floor with marble strips; on the table are a palm, caduceus, and moneybag
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazza Museo Nazionale, 19; First floor, from the Santangelo collection
GPS:
40.8534 14.2505
Date:
ca. 10-79 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
floor (surface element)
Work Type 2:
mosaic (visual work)
Classification:
mosaics
Material:
colored stone tesserae
Technique:
mosaic (process)
Measurements:
110 cm (height) x 110 cm (width)
Description:
Central emblemata of a floor mosaic from Pompeii, two cocks confront each other in combat before a table displaying the winner's prizes: the purse (a moneybag) flanked by a caduceus and a palm of victory. The center panel is done in the fine opus vermiculatum style with small tesserae. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-MWC-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Floor Mosaic with Cockfight