Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Mosaic of Doves (from Hadrian's Villa)

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title: 
Mosaic of Doves (from Hadrian's Villa)
Image View: 
Detail, doves drinking from basin; the reflections are convincing for a brass or gold vessel
Creator: 
unknown Roman
Location: 
repository: Musei Capitolini (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. MC0402
Location Note: 
Piazza del Campidoglio 1; Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Doves
GPS: 
+41.893021+12.4825
Date: 
ca. 120-130 CE (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Roman (ancient)
Style Period: 
Greco-Roman; Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1: 
mosaic (visual work)
Work Type 2: 
floor (surface element)
Classification: 
Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Material: 
tesserae of colored stone
Technique: 
mosaic (process)
Measurements: 
85 cm (height) x 98 cm (width)
Subjects: 
animal; decorative arts; Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76-138.; birds
Description: 
Mosaic emblema (part of floor mosaic) with doves drinking from a basin. Roman copy after an Pergamenian original from the 2nd century BCE by Sosus of Pergamon. From the Villa of Emperor Hadrian (Villa Adriana), Tivoli, Italy. This emblema is done in the fine opus vermiculatum mosaic technique. (Source: Capitoline Museums [website]; http://en.museicapitolini.org/)
Collection: 
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier: 
7A3-R-CM-MOTD-A04
Rights: 
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