Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Ducks and Fish Mosaic
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Ducks and Fish Mosaic
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Image View:
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Overall view
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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) 109371
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Location Note:
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Piazza Museo 19
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GPS:
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+40.853378+14.250486
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Date:
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ca. 60-40 BCE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Imperial (Roman)
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Work Type 1:
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mosaic (visual work)
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Classification:
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Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
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Material:
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tesserae of basalt and limestone
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Technique:
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mosaic (process)
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Measurements:
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39 cm (height) x 37 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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animal; Fishing; food; birds; fish
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Description:
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The central emblem of a floor mosaic, done in opus tessellatum work, found in 1869 in Pompeii, the Casa del Granduca di Toscana, also known as the House of the Wedding of Neptune and Amphitrite (IX.2.27). A spring of leaves and berries separates the fish from the ducks, whose legs are tied. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania.beniculturali.it/museoarcheologiconazionale)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-NAM-DF-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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