Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Agamemnon and Achilles Quarrel
Alternate Title:
Achille ed Agamennone
Image View:
Detail, lower part of the figures
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 10006
Location Note:
Piazza Museo 19
GPS:
40.853378 14.250486
Date:
ca. 50-79 CE (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 made of colored limestones; shells; glass paste
Technique:
mosaic (process)
Measurements:
14 cm (height) x 98 cm (width)
Subjects:
literary or legendary; mythology (Classical); Homer. Iliad
Description:
Achilles and Agamemnon, depicted in a scene from Book I of the Iliad, where they quarrel over the return of Briseis. From the House of Apollo (VI.7.23), it was once part of a cubicle at the back of the garden; on the outside, the porous limestone covering held rich mosaic decorations. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania. beniculturali.it/mus eoarcheologiconazion ale)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-AAQ-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Agamemnon and Achilles Quarrel