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Detail of Mosaic Floor with Hylas and the Nymphs, Gallo-Roman, AD 150–200. Found in Saint-Romain-en-Gal, France, 1902. Stone and glass tesserae, 480 × 480 cm. Musée Gallo-Romain de Saint-Romain-en-Gal Hylas And The Nymphs, Opus Vermiculatum, Roman Mosaics, Roman Artifacts, Ancient Roman Art, J Paul Getty, Roman Mosaic, Scene Drawing, Mosaic Murals

Mosaics decorated domestic and public buildings across the broad expanse of the Roman Empire. Scenes drawn from mythology, daily life, nature, and spectacles in the arena enlivened interior spaces and reflected the cultural ambitions of wealthy patrons. Dating from the second through the sixth centuries AD, the mosaics in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum exemplify Roman mosaic production from its center in Italy to major workshops in North Africa, southern Gaul (present-day…

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Roman floor mosaic with an early christian symbol | Roman fl… | Flickr Floor Mosaic, Chi Rho, Christian Symbols, St Mary, A Tree, The Head, In London, Mosaic, Monogram

Roman floor mosaic [300-400 AD] - The larger floor has a central roundel surrounded by four lunettes and four quarter-circles, in the centre is a human bust (flaked by two pomegranates) with a chi-rho monogram behind the head, the outer corners depict four male busts, winds or Evangelists, three of the lunettes depict hunting scenes, one shows a tree. found in Hinton St Mary, Dorset, now in London BM RN 1965,0409.1

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