Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Venus Removing Her Sandal
Image View:
Overall view of panel
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 109678
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:
opus sectile (visual work)
Classification:
Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Material:
marble; slate
Technique:
opus sectile (technique)
Measurements:
29 cm (height) x 24 cm (width)
Subjects:
human figure; mythology (Classical); Aphrodite (Greek deity); Venus (Roman deity)
Description:
Aphrodite (Venus) removing her sandal from Pompeii, House of L. and M. Volusii Fausti (I.2.10) (Casa di L. Volusius Faustus ed M. Volusius Faustus) done in opus sectile type inlay. Opus sectile originated in Egypt and Asia Minor. It was considered a rarer and more luxurious art than straightforward mosaic made with tesserae. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania. beniculturali.it/mus eoarcheologiconazion ale)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-VRS-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Venus Removing Her Sandal