Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Cat and Parrots
Alternate Title:
Birds Drinking from Bird Bath with Lurking Cat
Image View:
Overall view
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 9992
Location Note:
Piazza Museo 19
GPS:
40.853378 14.250486
Date:
ca. 149-100 BCE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Greco-Roman; Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
mosaic (visual work)
Classification:
Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Material:
tesserae made of basalt; limestone
Technique:
mosaic (process)
Measurements:
61 cm (height) x 52 cm (width)
Subjects:
animal; decorative arts
Description:
Found in the commune of Santa Maria Capua Vetere (the ancient town of Capua). The fragment was the central emblem in a floor mosaic; it is in the fine mosaic style known as opus vermiculatum. The subject is a free interpretation of an Hellenistic original. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania. beniculturali.it/mus eoarcheologiconazion ale)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-BDB-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Cat and Parrots