Mosaic of the Doves
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
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.
