|
Collection:
|
|
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
LocalCollection
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Collection
|
|
Preferred Title:
|
|
Floor Mosaic of Street Musicians
Work_PrefTitle
Floor Mosaic of Street Musicians
Preferred Title
|
|
Alternate Title:
|
|
Suonatori ambulanti
Work_AltTitle
Suonatori ambulanti
Alternate Title
|
|
Image View:
|
|
Overall view (with black background)
Image_Title
Overall view (with black background)
Image View
|
|
Creator:
|
|
Dioskourides of Samos (Ancient Greek mosaicist, ca. 2nd century BCE)
Agent_Display
Dioskourides of Samos (Ancient Greek mosaicist, ca. 2nd century BCE)
Creator
|
|
Location:
|
|
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 9985
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 9985
Location
|
|
Location Note:
|
|
Piazza Museo Nazionale, 19; room LIX, no. 3
Work_LocationNotes
Piazza Museo Nazionale, 19; room LIX, no. 3
Location Note
|
|
GPS:
|
|
40.8534 14.2505
|
|
Date:
|
|
ca. 150-125 BCE (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
ca. 150-125 BCE (creation)
Date
|
|
Cultural Context:
|
|
Roman (ancient)
Work_Culture
Roman (ancient)
Cultural Context
|
|
Style Period:
|
|
Greco-Roman; Hellenistic
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Greco-Roman; Hellenistic
Style Period
|
|
Work Type 1:
|
|
mosaic (visual work)
Work_Worktype1
mosaic (visual work)
Work Type 1
|
|
Work Type 2:
|
|
floor (surface element)
Work_Worktype2
floor (surface element)
Work Type 2
|
|
Classification:
|
|
mosaics
Work_Classification
mosaics
Classification
|
|
Material:
|
|
colored stone tesserae
Work_MaterialDisplay
colored stone tesserae
Material
|
|
Technique:
|
|
mosaic (process)
Work_Technique
mosaic (process)
Technique
|
|
Measurements:
|
|
48 cm (height) x 46 cm (width)
Work_MeasurementDisp lay
48 cm (height) x 46 cm (width)
Measurements
|
|
Inscription:
|
|
Dioskourides Samios epoiese (Dioskourides of Samos made me)
Work_InscriptionDisp lay
Dioskourides Samios epoiese (Dioskourides of Samos made me)
Inscription
|
|
Description:
|
|
The central emblemata of a floor (Villa of Cicero, outside Herculaneum Gate, excavated 1763), depicts a group of four characters who are possibly the metragyrtai of the cult of Cybele. They play instruments outside a house whose entrance is seen in the right corner. They wear the masks of three characters from the Greek New Comedy: the tympanum player is the parasitos, with an aquiline nose and a furrowed brow; near him is the kolax, the flatterer, with prominent nose and relaxed florid face, who is playing the cymbals while immediately behind him is the diamitros etaira, the double flute player whose hair is gathered in a headscarf. The last figure is a child or a dwarf, without a mask, playing a sort of horn. The scene is probably taken from a comedy by Menander entitled "Theophorumene", The Possessed Woman, of which only a few verses survive. The scene is copied from an Alexandrine original of the third century BCE; this mosaic is signed by Dioskourides Samios. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania. beniculturali.it/mus eoarcheologiconazion ale)
Work_Description_Sou rce
The central emblemata of a floor (Villa of Cicero, outside Herculaneum Gate, excavated 1763), depicts a group of four characters who are possibly the metragyrtai of the cult of Cybele. They play instruments outside a house whose entrance is seen in the right corner. They wear the masks of three characters from the Greek New Comedy: the tympanum player is the parasitos, with an aquiline nose and a furrowed brow; near him is the kolax, the flatterer, with prominent nose and relaxed florid face, who is playing the cymbals while immediately behind him is the diamitros etaira, the double flute player whose hair is gathered in a headscarf. The last figure is a child or a dwarf, without a mask, playing a sort of horn. The scene is probably taken from a comedy by Menander entitled "Theophorumene", The Possessed Woman, of which only a few verses survive. The scene is copied from an Alexandrine original of the third century BCE; this mosaic is signed by Dioskourides Samios. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania. beniculturali.it/mus eoarcheologiconazion ale)
Description
|
|
Collection:
|
|
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
LocalCollection
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Collection
|
|
Identifier:
|
|
7A3-R-NAM-TSM-A09
Image_OriginalVendor ID
7A3-R-NAM-TSM-A09
Identifier
|
|
Rights:
|
|
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Rights
|
