Mensa with scenes from the life of Achilles, used in the marble decoration of an ambo in the Church of Aracoeli
Type:
Mosaic / Intarsia
Year:
4th century AD (mensa) - 13rd century (marble panel)
Material and technique:
White marble, coloured marbles and vitreous paste
Size:
cm diam. 103
Inventory:
inv. MC0064
Masterpieces of the hall
The hall
The Hall of the sixteenth century Capitoline Archive in the Palazzo dei Conservatori houses the new Hall of the Middle Ages of the Capitoline Museums, with a striking exhibition of the honorary monument of Charles I of Anjou. In the room there are also other works that help to illustrate the history of the Capitoline in the Middle Ages.
