THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mosaic | Rome
41. MOSAIC. Rome.
Cock-fight (close-up).
Mosaic from Pompeii.
Inv. No. without number.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
42. MOSAIC. Rome.
Plato’s Academy.
Mosaic from Pompeii (Villa of T. Siminius Stephanus).
Second style. Early 1st century BCE.
Inv. No. 124545.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LIX.
43. MOSAIC. Rome.
Battle of Alexander and Darius (close-up).
Mosaic from Pompeii (House of the Faun, VI 12, 2, exedra).
125—120 BCE.
Inv. No. 10020.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
44. MOSAIC. Rome.
Battle of Alexander and Darius (close-up).
Mosaic from Pompeii (House of the Faun, VI 12, 2, exedra).
125—120 BCE.
Inv. No. 10020.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
45. MOSAIC. Rome.
Battle of Alexander and Darius.
Mosaic from Pompeii (House of the Faun, VI 12, 2, exedra).
125—120 BCE.
Inv. No. 10020.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
46. MOSAIC. Rome.
Fight of gladiators.
Floor mosaic from one of the villas.
Ca. 250 CE.
Nennig on Mosel (Germany), Roman Villa.
47. MOSAIC. Rome.
Fight of gladiators-paegniarii.
Part of floor mosaic from the Roman villa.
Ca. 250 CE.
Nennig on Mosel (Germany), Roman Villa.
48. MOSAIC. Rome.
Domus of Fortuna Annonaria. Mosaic floor.
1st—4th cent. CE.
Ostia, Archaeological Park “Ostia Antica”, V, 2, 8.
49. MOSAIC. Rome.
Domus of Fortuna Annonaria. A part of mosaic floor with a Capitoline she-wolfe.
1st—4th cent. CE.
Ostia, Archaeological Park “Ostia Antica”, V, 2, 8.
50. MOSAIC. Rome.
Domus of Fortuna Annonaria. A part of mosaic floor depicting Theseus killing Sinis.
1st—4th cent. CE.
Ostia, Archaeological Park “Ostia Antica”, V, 2, 8.
51. MOSAIC. Northern Africa.
Preparations for a feast.
Fragment of mosaic.
Late 2nd cent. CE.
Marble, limestone, molten glass.
Inv. Nos. Ma 1796 / MNC 1577.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
52. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
The interior of the basilica.
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Basilica.
53. MOSAIC. Rome.
Entrance to the room with a floor mosaic depicting ten young women performing physical excercises (the so-called “Maidens in Bikini”).
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Chamber of the Ten Maidens.
54. MOSAIC. Rome.
Floor mosaic depicting ten young women performing physical excercises (the so-called “Maidens in Bikini”).
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Chamber of the Ten Maidens.
55. MOSAIC. Rome.
Floor mosaic depicting ten young women performing physical excercises (the so-called “Maidens in Bikini”) — the lower register.
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Chamber of the Ten Maidens.
56. MOSAIC. Rome.
Floor mosaic depicting ten young women performing physical excercises (the so-called “Maidens in Bikini”) — the left half of the higher register.
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Chamber of the Ten Maidens.
57. MOSAIC. Rome.
Floor mosaic depicting ten young women performing physical excercises (the so-called “Maidens in Bikini”) — the lower register ( close-up).
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Chamber of the Ten Maidens.
58. MOSAIC. Rome.
Corridor of the Great Hunt.
Corridor with floor mosaics (36).
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Corridor of the Great Hunt.
59. MOSAIC. Rome.
A wagon for transportation of the caught animals. A piece of the mosaics of the northern half of the Corridor.
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Corridor of the Great Hunt.
60. MOSAIC. Rome.
Centurion beats a negligent servant. A piece of the mosaics of the northern half of the Corridor.
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Corridor of the Great Hunt.