Mosaic of the Doves

Mosaico delle Colombe
Type: 
Mosaic / Intarsia
Year: 
From an original of 2nd century BC, attribuited to Sosos
Material and technique: 
Mosaic
Size: 
cm 85 x 98
Origin: 
From Tivoli, Hadrian's Villa (1737)
Inventory: 
inv. MC0402

Masterpieces of the hall

The hall

Palazzo Nuovo - Sala delle Colombe

This room owes its name to one of the two mosaics herein exhibited, found in Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli.
The glass-fronted cabinets contain other particularly interesting exhibits; in addition to bas-relief fragments of a Tabula Iliaca with a miniaturist representation of scenes from the Iliad, we can see a series of bronze tables with engraved laws and honorary inscriptions.

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