Sujet

Fragmentary Mosaic Floor with Bear Hunt, 4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Fragmentary Mosaic Floor with Bear Hunt, 4th century A.D. Additional Info: Enough of the fragmentary floor survives to identify the subject as a bear hunt. The figures of three hunters are preserved, and one of them has his name, Lucius, inscribed above his head. The arm of another hunter is preserved along the left edge, along with his name, Minus. The hunters are driving four bears into a net; a fifth has already been captured. The net is set in a semi-circle and tied to trees at the right and left edges of the scene. The hunting scene is surrounded on three sides by a border of loop guilloche, and another vertical border of a foliate garland with a central ribbon frames the right end. The outermost border is a luxurious acanthus scroll. Heads emerge from elaborate leaf complexes in the corners, and smaller figures of erotes with armor, fruits and animals (both real and imaginary) are tucked into the scrolling acanthus along the edges.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A66_111

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

53,8Mo (2,8Mo) / 42,0cm x 32,1cm / 4960 x 3794 (300dpi)

Mots clés

nature animal wildlife Italy people male interior net man men plant plants country Rome bear guy color brown hunting catching hunt hunter ancient Roman cruelty mosaic location century floor inside antiquity flooring interior design concept border fragment antiquities cruel interior decoration decorative arts Colour Indoors Ancient Roman Ancient Rome foliate 4th century acanthus guilloche tesserae portrait animal cruelty Unknown stone cruelty to animals Heritage Art Mosaic architecture Stone tesserae