Battle_of_Issus.jpg
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Summary
Alexander Mosaic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
an earlier Greek painting of Philoxenus of Eretria
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Title |
label QS:Les,"Mosaico de Issos"
label QS:Lhu,"Nagy Sándor-mozaik"
label QS:Lru,"Битва при Иссе"
label QS:Lde,"Alexandermosaik"
label QS:Lhy,"Իսոսի ճակատամարտը"
label QS:Lbg,"Битката при Иса"
label QS:Lja,"有名なモザイク画"
label QS:Lsv,"Alexandermosaiken"
label QS:Luk,"Мозаїка Александра"
label QS:Lla,"Opus tessellatum de Alexandro"
label QS:Lzh-hant,"亞歷山大馬賽克"
label QS:Lfi,"Aleksanteri-mosaiikki"
label QS:Lit,"Battaglia di Isso"
label QS:Lfr,"mosaïque d'Alexandre"
label QS:Lhr,"Aleksandrov mozaik"
label QS:Lpt,"Mosaico de Alexandre"
label QS:Lsl,"Aleksandrov mozaik"
label QS:Lfa,"نگاره نبرد ایسوس"
label QS:Lid,"Mozaik Aleksander"
label QS:Lpl,"Bitwa Aleksandra z Dariuszem"
label QS:Lnb,"Aleksander-mosaikken"
label QS:Lnl,"Alexandermozaïek"
label QS:Lmk,"Александров мозаик"
label QS:Lca,"Mosaic d'Alexandre"
label QS:Lzh-hans,"亚历山大马赛克"
label QS:Lzh,"亞歷山大馬賽克"
label QS:Lhe,"פסיפס אלכסנדר"
label QS:Lar,"فسيفساء الإسكندر الأكبر"
label QS:Lel,"Ψηφιδωτό του Μεγάλου Αλεξάνδρου"
label QS:Lzh-hk,"亞歷山大馬賽克"
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Object type | mosaic | ||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
Mosaic representing the battle of Alexander the Great against Darius (III) the Great, possibly at
Battle of Issus
or
Battle of Gaugamela
, perhaps after an earlier Greek painting of Philoxenus of Eretria. This mosaic was found in Pompeii in the House of the Faun and is now in the
Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples)
. It is dated first century BC.
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Depicted people | |||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
2
nd
century
BC
date QS:P,-150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
/ circa 100
BC
date QS:P,-0100-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
culture of ancient Rome |
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Medium | mosaic | ||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q637248
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Place of discovery | House of the Faun | ||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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Source/Photographer | http://alexandermosaik.de/en/reconstruction_of_the_mosaic.html |
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