Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Mosaic of Doves (from Hadrian's Villa)
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Image View:
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Detail, doves drinking from basin; the reflections are convincing for a brass or gold vessel
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Creator:
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unknown Roman
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Location:
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repository: Musei Capitolini (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. MC0402
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Location Note:
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Piazza del Campidoglio 1; Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Doves
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GPS:
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+41.893021+12.4825
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Date:
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ca. 120-130 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Greco-Roman; Imperial (Roman)
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Work Type 1:
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mosaic (visual work)
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Work Type 2:
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floor (surface element)
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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 colored stone
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Technique:
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mosaic (process)
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Measurements:
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85 cm (height) x 98 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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animal; decorative arts; Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76-138.; birds
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Description:
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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/)
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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-CM-MOTD-A04
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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