Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Panther with symbols of Dionysus
Alternate Title:
Pantera con simboli dionisiaci
Image View:
Detail, decorative vegetal element
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) mosaico 05
Location Note:
Piazza Museo 19
GPS:
40.853378 14.250486
Date:
ca. 50-1 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 limestone
Technique:
mosaic (process)
Measurements:
110 cm (height) x 110 cm (width)
Subjects:
allegory; animal; decorative arts; deities; Dionysus (Greek deity); leopard
Description:
The central emblem of a floor mosaic, done in opus vermiculatum work. The scene depicts a panther (or leopard) advancing from right to a podium, next to which is placed a rhyton (drinking vessel) and a thyrsus, to which cymbals are attached. At the bottom is a vegetal decorative element. No discovery location is noted. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania. beniculturali.it/mus eoarcheologiconazion ale)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-LM-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Panther with symbols of Dionysus