| Title |
Faun House (Pompeii) oecus floor mosaic, Alexander meets Darius at the battle of Issus |
| Building |
Faun House |
| Location City/State |
Pompeii |
| Location Country |
Italy |
| Style Period |
Ancient Rome: Republic; Ancient Greece: 4th Century BCE; Antiquity |
| Description |
1st century CE Roman copy after a Greek wall painting of 31 BCE by Philoxenos of Eretria |
| Creation Date |
ca. 80 BCE |
| Form |
mosaic |
| Medium |
mosaic components |
| Dimensions |
approx. 8' 10" x 16' 9" |
| Repository |
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, 10020, Naples (Italy) |
| Source |
Apelles: The Alexander Mosaic, by Paolo Moreno. Skira Editore, Milan, 2001.; Greek Art and Archaeology. Pedley, John Griffiths. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2002. |
| Work ID |
1076 |
| Rights |
Digital Image Copyright University of Utah |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s63f817h |
| Setname |
uu_aah_art |
| ID |
34316 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63f817h |
