Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Wall Mosaic of a Pugilist on a Plinth and Rooster
Alternate Title:
Pugile su plinto
Image View:
Overall view of panel
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient) mosaicist)
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 10010
Location Note:
Piazza Museo, 19
GPS:
40.853378 14.250486
Date:
before 79 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman); Third Style
Work Type 1:
mosaic (visual work)
Classification:
Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Material:
pasta vitrea (glass paste) tesserae
Technique:
mosaic (process)
Measurements:
109 cm (height) x 128 cm (width)
Subjects:
animal; human figure; recreation and games; festivals; rooster; boxer
Description:
From a nymphaeum found in the Vesuvian area around Pompeii. A boxer with protective bands around his hands stands on a plinth between columns and bands of lateral continuous wave and palmette patterns. Below there is a panel with a rooster (cockerel) and pine cone. It is heavily restored; it may have been part of the nymphaeum with the blue niche (inventory 10014). (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-NNFA-A09
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Wall Mosaic of a Pugilist on a Plinth and Rooster