Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Dionysian Scene (opus sectile)
Image View:
Overall view of opus sectile panel in frame
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 9979
Location Note:
Piazza Museo Nazionale, 19
GPS:
40.8534 14.2505
Date:
55-79 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Fourth Style; Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
opus sectile (visual work)
Classification:
mosaics
Material:
colored marble
Technique:
opus sectile (technique)
Measurements:
21 cm (height) x 67 cm (approx.)
Description:
Dionysian scene, Fourth Style inlay work in yellow, green, peach blossom and palombino colored marble, from the tablinum of the House of Colored Capitals, Pompeii (VII.4.31/51), excavated 1845. A maenad dances in front of a statue of Priapus, while Dionysus appears with his panther on the right. One of two similar panels found, the other has a maenad and satyr.
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-SD1-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Dionysian Scene (opus sectile)