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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Neptune and Amphitrite Mosaic
Alternate Title:
Poseidon and Amphitrite
Image View:
Overall view
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 10007
Location Note:
Piazza Museo 19
GPS:
40.853378 14.250486
Date:
ca. 110-80 BCE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
First Style; Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
mosaic (visual work)
Classification:
Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Material:
tesserae of basalt; limestone
Technique:
mosaic (process)
Measurements:
93 cm (height) x 93 cm (length)
Subjects:
deities; mythology (Classical); Neptune (Roman deity)
Description:
The central emblem of a floor mosaic, done in fine opus vermiculatum work, found in 1869 in Pompeii, the Casa del Granduca di Toscana (IX.2.27), also known as the House of the Wedding of Neptune and Amphitrite after this mosaic. Within a frame of leaves and ribbons, the bridal chariot of Neptune and Amphitrite is pulled by two tritons, one of which plays the double pipes. Below, Amphitrite appears again in her bridal dress, sitting on a sea dragon preceded by a triton playing the lyre and a Nereid. Cupids or amorini appears in both scenes. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania. beniculturali.it/mus eoarcheologiconazion ale)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-POAM-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Neptune and Amphitrite Mosaic