Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Pigeons Drinking from a Basin
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Pigeons Drinking from a Basin
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Alternate Title:
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Doves on a Basin
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Image View:
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Detail, festoon with Greek theater masks
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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) 114281
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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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114 cm (height, approx.) x 112.5 cm (width, approx.)
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Description:
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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.
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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-PIGE-A05
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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