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English: So-called Alexander Mosaic

Italiano: Cosidetto Mosaico di Alessandro

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Title
English: So-called Alexander Mosaic
Italiano: Cosidetto Mosaico di Alessandro
Description
English: The battle of Issos between Alexander the Great and Darius of Persia. Floor mosaic, Roman copy after a Hellenistic original by Philoxenos of Eretria.
Français : Mosaïque romaine représentant la bataille d'Issos entre Alexandre le Grand et le Perse Darius. 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.
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)
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