Doves Mosaic, Musei Capitolini MC402

Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy

Artist/Maker Copy from Sosos of Pergamon

Mosaic emblema with doves. Roman copy after an Pergamenian original from the 2nd century BC.
Dimensions H. 85 cm (33 ¼ in.), W. 98 cm (38 ½ in.)

Credit line From the Villa Adriana, 1737; gift of Clement XIII, 1762
Accession number MC 402
Palazzo Nuovo, first floor, hall of the Doves

Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006)

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