Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Niche of a Nympheum
Alternate Title:
Nicchia di ninfeo
Image View:
Overall view of the niche with decorative panels and a simulated ribbed half-dome
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient) mosaicist)
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 10008
Location Note:
Piazza Museo, 19
GPS:
40.853378 14.250486
Date:
before 79 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
aedicule
Work Type 2:
mosaic (visual work)
Classification:
Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Material:
pasta vitrea (glass paste) tesserae
Technique:
mosaic (process)
Measurements:
160 cm (height) x 178 cm (width)
Subjects:
decorative arts; Herculaneum (Extinct city); gardens; water feature
Description:
From Herculaneum, Casa dello Scheletro (House of the Skeleton), Ins III.3. There is now a reproduction of the niche on site at Herculaneum. This building, probably the aggregation of three smaller buildings, derives its name from the discovery of human remains in a second floor room in 1831, the first found in Herculaneum. The niche was set in a wall over two rectangular water basins with a center walkway. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania. beniculturali.it/mus eoarcheologiconazion ale)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-NON-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Niche of a Nympheum