Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Cock-fight between Personifications of Victory and Defeat
Alternate Title:
Combattimento fra galli
Image View:
Detail of victorious owner and child bearing palm branch
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 9982
Location Note:
Piazza Museo 19
GPS:
40.853378 14.250486
Date:
ca. 99-1 BCE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
mosaic (visual work)
Classification:
Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Material:
tesserae of basalt and limestone
Technique:
mosaic (process)
Measurements:
42 cm (height) x 46 cm (width)
Subjects:
allegory; animal; decorative arts
Description:
The central emblem of a floor mosaic, done in opus vermiculatum work. The scene depicts, in the foreground, the end of a fight of roosters with the loser bleeding. In the background are the owners of the animals, one on the right in a sad pose for the defeated rooster. To the left, the owner of the victorious rooster bears a wreath to the base of a statue of Priapus, while a child, from right, gives the palm of victory. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania. beniculturali.it/mus eoarcheologiconazion ale)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-CVD-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Cock-fight between Personifications of Victory and Defeat