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English: So-called Alexander Mosaic

Italiano: Cosiddetto Mosaico di Alessandro

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Title
English: So-called Alexander Mosaic
Italiano: Cosiddetto Mosaico di Alessandro
Description
English: Alexander the Great on horse, detail of a representation of the battle of Issos. Floor mosaic, Roman copy after a Hellenistic original by Philoxenos of Eretria.
Français : Alexandre le Grand chevauchant, détail d’une représentation de la bataille d’Issos. Mosaïque de pavement romaine. Mosaïque de sol, copie romaine d'après un original hellénistique de Philoxénos d'Érétrie.
Italiano: Battaglia di Isso tra Alessandro Magno e Dario III di Persia. Mosaico pavimentale il cui prototipo Plinio il Vecchio ascrive al pittore Philoxenos di Eretria.
Deutsch: Alexander den Großen darstellender Ausschnitt aus dem Alexandermosaik, auf dem nach allgemeiner Auffassung die Schlacht bei Issos dargestellt ist.
Date circa 310 BC (original)
Medium opus vermiculatum
Dimensions ca. height: 313 cm (10.2 ft); width: 582 cm (19 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,313U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,582U174728
institution QS:P195,Q637248
Current location
First floor
Accession number
Inv. 10020
Object history
English: From the House of the Faun, Pompeii (VI, 12, 2)
Français : Provenance : maison du Faune, Pompéi (VI, 12, 2)
Italiano: Trovato a Pompeii nella Casa del Fauno (VI, 12, 2)
Source/Photographer Marie-Lan Nguyen (2011)
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