Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Mosaic Festoon with Masks, Leaves and Fruit
Alternate Title:
Masks 'scendiletto'
Image View:
Overall view of festoon panel
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 9994
Location Note:
Piazza Museo Nazionale, 19
GPS:
40.8534 14.2505
Date:
100-80 BCE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Late Republican
Work Type 1:
mosaic (visual work)
Classification:
mosaics
Material:
colored stone tesserae
Technique:
mosaic (process)
Measurements:
49 cm (height) x 281 cm (width)
Description:
From the House of the Faun (Casa del Fauno), (VI.12.2.53), was one of the largest, and most impressive private residences in Pompeii, and housed many great pieces of art. It is one of the most luxurious aristocratic houses from the Roman republic, and reflects this period better than most archaeological evidence found even in Rome itself. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-R-NAM-FCM-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Mosaic Festoon with Masks, Leaves and Fruit