Jun 18, 2023
Three panels believed to have formed three of four sides of a fountain in Praeneste, showing a sow with piglets, a lioness with cubs, and a ewe with lamb.
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Three panels believed to have formed three of four sides of a fountain in Praeneste, showing a sow with piglets, a lioness with cubs, and a ewe with lamb.
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Mosaics came into use as early as Sulla's régime. At all events there exists even today one made of very small tesserae which he installed in the temple of Fortune Primagenia at Praeneste.
Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia
Nilotic Mosaic, 1st c. BC, Palestrina, Museo Nazionale Prenestino.
A Roman naval bireme
* Temple of Fortuna Primigenia, Praeneste
* 120 BCE
* Pius-Clementine Museum, Vatican
source: Wikipedia, Élisée Reclus [Public domain]
“There’s a hippo-potamus / a hippo-potamus/ a hippo-potamus in my pool/ must be a mosaic/ must be a mosaic/ Hellenistic mosaic/ in Præneste”. Sparks are addictive. #praeneste #palestrina #museoarcheologicopalestrina #hellenisticmosaicfloor #mosaic #mosaicoellenistico #ancientart #ancientmosaics #hippopotamus #sparksofficial https://www.instagram.com/p/BwM497DlnWO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1q6eynu26acns
Palazzo Colonna Barberini da Giulio