ARCE

Close up of mosaic tesserae partially depicting gazelle and tree separated by border from lacuna, after conservation

Description:
Close up of mosaic tesserae partially depicting gazelle and tree separated by border from lacuna, after conservation
Photographer:
Image captured by Project Staff
Date Created:
July 16, 2003
Collection:
Greco-Roman Museum Mosaic Conservation
Series:
Post-conservation
Subseries:
Stag Hunt Mosaic
Location:
Alexandria, Egypt and Al Iskandarīyah
Time Period:
Hellenistic Period and Ptolemaic Period
Topic:
Art, Greco-Roman, Borders, Ornamental (Decorative arts), Animals in art, Damage--Antiquities, Mosaics, Tesserae, and Stonework
Genre:
color photographs and documentary photography
Conservation Note:
A band of dark-gray ivy with dark-yellow berries and heart-shaped leaves partially frames a gazelle with short white-gray horns, light-pink ears, and body indicated with creamy-white tesserae. The eye was made of a black pebble with white highlights and a wide lead frame. A small tree, freely composed of creamy-white tesserae with some shading at the edges of the branches, was depicted between the gazelle and a leopard facing it. Lead was used to mark the contours (Final Remarks Report).
Copyright Status:
copyrighted
Creative Commons License:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Local ID:
arce_ca_mmc_images_0028.tif
Project History:
Within the walls of the Greco-Roman Museum, Alexandria, Egypt are three intricate mosaics of very fine quality between the second and third century, BCE. Under the auspices of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE), Father Michele Piccirillo of the Studium Biblicum Franciscum directed the conservation of the mosaics. Notably, it resulted in the public viewing of the stag hunt mosaic for the first time since its discovery. Conservation work was made possible with the support of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (formerly the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities).
Funding Agency:
Greco-Roman Museum Mosaic Conservation project was made possible with funding by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Grant No. 263-G-00-93-00089-00 and administered by the Egyptian Antiquities Project (EAP) of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE).