Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Pair of Mosaic Wall Panels with Candelabra
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Alternate Title:
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Due pannello con candelabro ed Erote cacciatore
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Image View:
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Detail, right panel; red band with Eros (or an amorini) hunting a deer
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient) mosaicist)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 10012; 10013
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Location Note:
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Piazza Museo, 19
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GPS:
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+40.853378+14.250486
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Date:
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before 79 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Imperial (Roman)
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Work Type 1:
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mosaic (visual work)
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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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pasta vitrea (glass paste) tesserae
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Technique:
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mosaic (process)
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Subjects:
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decorative arts; Pompeii (Extinct city)
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Description:
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The panels are matched and each feature a large candlestick within decorative banding with an overlaid scene of Eros (or an amorini) hunting a deer. From Pompeii, Reg VI Ins 17 (the northern half of which is called the 'Insula Occendentalis'), area 36, known as the Casa della Diana II, which originally had 14 rooms.
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-NAM-NNFA-A08
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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