Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Pigeons Drinking from a Basin
Alternate Title:
Doves on a Basin
Image View:
Overall view of mosaic with festoon border with masks and fruit
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 114281
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:
114 cm (height, approx.) x 112.5 cm (width, approx.)
Description:
From House of the Mosaics Doves (VIII.2.34.n), Pompeii, excavated in 1885. The central scene is surrounded by a festoon border with Greek theater masks, and a ribbon winding through leaves and fruit.
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-PIGE-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Pigeons Drinking from a Basin