Ancient Roman Mosaics

Detailed images of ancient Roman mosaics showcasing mythological themes, nature, and figures in vibrant colors, found in historical sites across Italy and North Africa.

MOROCCO, Volubilis: Roman Town mostly dating to 2nd & 3rd c. AD/ Abandoned by Romans in 280 AD Roman Era Mosaics

Roman mosaic. House of the Amphitheater. 3rd century. Merida. Spain.

Roman mosaic with depiction of the Greek hero Orpheus, playing the zither and taming the animals. Remains from the excavations affected next to the Roman walls of Saragossa (ancient Caesaraugusta). Dated between the beginnings of the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. Technique: Opus tessellatum. Museum of Saragossa. Aragon, Spain.

COMENTARIOS AL APOCALIPSIS, EL CORDERO VENCE A LA BESTIA, AL DRAGON Y AL FALSO PROFETA. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: CATEDRAL-ARCHIVO CAPITULAR. GERONA. SPAIN.

Egypt, Nile Valley, Thebes, Valley Of The Nobles. Tomb Of Nakht The Scribe And Astronomer Of Tuthmosis Iv. Detail Of Interior Wall Painting Depicting Birds And Animals.

Wrestlers, Roman Mosaic from Gightis, late 2nd century AD. Artist: Unknown.

Tunisia, Jendouba Governorate, Hammam Darragi, Roman archaeological site of ancient Bulla Regia ( 1st-4th century a.d.), House of Amphitrite, Triclinium Mosaic, detail, Neptune

Relief portraying cowherd Aftoneto, Eraclione's son, from Laurium or Lavrion, Greece

Spain, Andalusia, Seville province, Santiponce. Italica. Roman city founded in 206 BC by the Roman general Publis Cornelius Scipio. House of the Birds. Roman domus. Detail of the mosaic which gives the house its name. There are more than thirty species of birds. Depiction of a dove.

mural paintings of Ruesta, 12th century, fresco torn and transferred to canvas, come from the church of San juan bautista in Ruesta, Diocesan Museum of Jaca, Huesca, Spain.

Archaeological zone of ruins of Ampurias,roman mosaics,Girona,Spain,Europe.

Wall mural, fresco, Villa dei Misteri (Villa of the Mysteries), excavations at Pompeii, Roman archaeological site, Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe

The kiss of Judas, mosaic cycle Saint Apollinare Nuovo Ravenna 6th century AD. San Apollinare Nuovo Ravenna. Museum: San Apollinare Nuovo, Ravena, ITALIA.

Christ calls Apostles Peter and Andrew as fishermen, mosaic cycle Saint Apollinare Nuovo Ravenna, VIth century AD. San Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna. Museum: San Apollinare Nuovo, Ravena, ITALIA.

Bear first half 12th century (possibly 1129-34) Spanish. Bear 471829

Historical mosaic, 3rd century, Archaeological Museum in the former Order Hospital of the Knights of St John, 15th century, Old Town, Rhodes Town, Greece, Europe

MOSAICO DE LAS CUATRO ESTACIONES - SIGLO II - ARTE ROMANO. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO-COLECCION, SEVILLA, SEVILLE, SPAIN.

PINTURAS CON ESCENA DE HOSTERIA Y JUEGO - SIGLO I. Location: TABERNA. POMPEII. ITALIA.

Fresco in the House of the Vettiers, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, Europe

17th century murals fresco paintings of Ramayana epic in Kokarneswarar temple ceiling at Thirukokarnam, Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Ancient Roman mosaic of hunters returning from the hunt, at the Villa Romana del Casale, near Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Painted ornamental works of large animals. Museum of Paeleonthology, Moscow

Roman mosaic showing Daniel, one of four great Hebrew prophets, cast into the Lions' den by Nebuchadnezzar (Nebuchadrezzar) king of Babylon. 5th century AD. Bardo Museum, Tunis'

Human face, detail from the Escape of Saint Proculus from Verona, fresco in the church of Saint Proculus, Naturns, Vinschgau Valley, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 9th century.

MOSAICO ROMANO DE LA CRATERA-PROC ITALICA. Location: CASA DE LA CONDESA DE LEBRIJA. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.

Fresco depicting Jason and Pelias, from Pompeii (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997), Campania. Roman Civilization, 1st Century.

Mosaic. Beit Guvrin. Byzantine period, 4th century CE. Bull. Rockefeller Archaeological Museum. Jerusalem. Israel.

Detalle del Tapiz de la Creación, siglo XI, Museo Catedralicio de la Catedral de Girona.

Mural of Pompeii i, city destroyed and completely buried by an eruption of the volcano Vesuvius in August 79, since 1997 Unesco World Heritage Site, Italy, Europe

Quadriga of the factio veneta. The blue team has won the race and the winner triumphantly holds the palm in his hand. The iubilator hails the winner and the sparsor prepares to water the horses. Roman mosaic. 3rd century AD. Limestone. From Rome, Italy. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid.

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Red-figure pottery. Attic skyphos by the painter of Thelemacus portraying Penelope and Telemachus

Roman mosaic replica of the Baths of Ocriculum (Otricoli, Italy). Detail of a Triton and a Nereid. Small Hermitage. Pavilion Room. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Italy - Piedmont region - Momo (Novara province), Trinity Church. Poor Bible, the Last Judgement by Francesco and Sperindio Cagnoli. Hell, damned couple in flames. Fresco detail, 15th century

This scene is one of several designs that the English sculptor and draughtsman John Flaxman (1755-1826) did to illustrate passages from the Greek epic poet Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, a commission he had been given by Georgiana Hare-Naylor while he was living in Rome. It represents Judgment of Paris. It was done 1793.

Tile Mosaic of a face of a cherub or child from Pompeii at the National Archaeological Museum (museo archeologico nazionale) in Naples, Italy

Mosaic, Oceanus and Tethys, Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Gaziantep, Southeastern Anatolia Region, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia

Fresco depicting female figure, from Boscoreale, Campania Region, Italy

Italy, Campania, Pompeii, House Of Venus In The Shell

MOSAICO DE LAS CARRERAS - CUADRIGA ELIMINADA - MOSAICO ROMANO DEL CIRCO DE GERONA. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO DE CATALUÑA. Barcelona. SPAIN.

PANTEON REAL-PINTURAS ROMANICAS-CALENDARIO AGRICOLA-JUNIO-LABRADOR SEGANDO LA CEBADA-1160/1170. Location: COLEGIATA DE SAN ISIDORO. LEON. SPAIN.

Great Palace Mosaic Museum. 4th-6th centuries. Detail of a mosaic depicting a lion griffin. Istanbul. Turkey.

Tavern, from Chapter 17 De Tabernae (of taverns), Book 14, from De Universo, 11th century manuscript by Rabano Mauro, from Benevento, Italy (Raban Maur, 780-856 German theologian and writer)

Italy, Campania, Pompei, fresco

Fish motif from cobblestones in the centre of Lagos, Lagos, Algarve, Portugal, Europe

Tunisia, Dougga, Mosaic work depicting Eros, the winner of the circuses' games

Drawing, Penelope; Francis Augustus Lathrop (American, 1849 - 1909); USA; brush and yellow and white gouache, pen and red ink, graphite on brown board; 9.3 × 12.9 cm (3 11/16 × 5 1/16 in.); 1914-38-208

Wild animals, fresco, Bath Hall, Castel Roncolo, Renon, near Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 14th century.

Mosaics, Roman excavation site, Nora, Sardinia, Italy, Europe

Mosaic showing head of panther in Museum, Delos, Greece, Europe

MOSAICOS ROMANOS DE LA VILLA DE MATERNO CINEGIO - S IV. Location: VILLA ROMANA. CARRANQUE. Toledo.

Roman mosaic floor exhibits Byzantine influences in archaeological site of Alcacova in Mertola Portugal

Roman wallpainting of a traveller and a water-seller, Pompeii, Italy. Artist: Unknown

Ancient Greek Vase. Black Figure Style.

Portraits of Tabor and Peleo, tempera drawings on paper, ca. 1470, Museum Castelgrande, Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland, Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland, Europe

Fresco from Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii. Bride doing her hair. ITALY.

Roman fresco depicting a Nilotic scene with pygmies taking offerings to a temple on the bank of a river. Second half of the 1st century AD. House of Julia Felix II, 4, 3. Nymphaeum. From Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Colorful Handicraft Illustration From Luxors Ancient Tombs

Roman mosaic. Detail of a pavement depicting the face of a bearded man, probably Dionysos. From Syria. 4th century AD. Museum of the Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities. Stockholm, Sweden.

Villa of Poppea, remains of frescoes, historical town of Oplontis, now Torre Annunziata, Campania, Italy, Europe

Oplontis, Italy, Scenic frescos on the wall of famous Villa Oplontis, ancient Roman villa and world heritage sight, Southern Italy

Mosaic depicting a scene from a comedy by Menander, The Possessed Girl: itinerant musicians from Italy, Campania, Pompe, Villa of Cicero

tunisia, Carthage mosaics

6th century Byzantine Roman mosaic of an eagle catching a snake, from the peristyle of the Great Palace from the reign of Emperor Justinian I, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Istanbul, Turkey, Asia

Mosaic Fragment with Stag. Unknown

Emilia-Romagna Ferrara Ferrara Museo Civico di Schifanoia31. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 General Notes: INCOMPLETE RECORD--NEGATIVES PROCESSED, PRINTS FILED German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Roundel. Date/Period: 6th-7th century. Roundel. Medium: wool, linen. Technique: slit tapestry with supplementary weft wrapping. Height: 235 mm (9.25 in); Width: 215 mm (8.46 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Gladiator fighting against a beast. ca. 1st c. Roman art. Fresco. SPAIN. EXTREMADURA. BADAJOZ. MŽrida. National Museum of Roman Art. Proc: SPAIN. EXTREMADURA. BADAJOZ. MŽrida. Roman Theatre.

Mosaic, Neptune, Utica Punic and Roman archaeological site, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

Fresco depicting seated lady pouring perfume into jar, from Casa Farnesina, Rome

Ploughman and inscription, 3rd-4th century AD

France, Ile-de-France, Chantilly, Chateau de Chantilly, Hunting Scene Floor Mosaic in The Paintings Gallery (Gallerie de Peintures)

Wall painting from tomb of Akhnaton (Akenaton or Akhenaten) c1375 BC showing waterfowl flying up out of reeds. On left is stand of Papyrus which was used to produce writing material. Cairo Museum, Egypt

Front of the altar of Sagars : detail of Adam and Eve 12th century. Painting on panel. Solsona, diocesan archaeology museum. Spain. Location: MUSEO DIOCESANO Y COMARCAL. Solsona. Lerida. SPAIN.

Ancient Greek pottery, (1898). 'Figs 1-9: Forms of Greek vases. Fig 1: Amphora, vessel for oil, wine etc. Fig 2: Hydria, vessel for carrying water. Fig 3: Urn, a cinerary vessel. Fig 4: Oenochoe, wine-can, pouring-vessel. Fig 5: Cylix, drinking-cup. Fig 6: Deinos, crater, vessel for mixing wine and water. Fig 7: Lecythus, vessel for anointing-oil. Fig 8: Cantharus, two-handled drinking-cup. Fig 9: Rhyton, drinking-vessel. Fig. 10: Female figure on an Amphora in the National Museum at Naples. Figs 11-32: Ornaments on vases in the Museums of Naples, Rome, Munich, Paris and London'. Plate 6 from

The Three Graces, Roman mosaic from Cherchelle. ALGERIA.

Roman art. Italy. Fresco. Basket of figs. 1st century AD. Oplontis. Campania. Italy.

Mosaic of female gymnasts in bikinis, Hall of Female Gymnasts, Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy

Achilles mosaic in the house of Theseus, Theseus villa, Archaeological Park, Paphos, South Cyprus, Cyprus

Tile mosaic of Welsh crest, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales

Fresco cycle in the Scrovegni Chapel, by Giotto, 1304 - 1306, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Veneto, Padua, Scrovegni Chapel. Detail. Scenes from the Life of the Virgin of wedding procession, flute, viola players.

Fresco discovered in Pompeii. Dated early A.D.

Early Christian funerary mosaic, 4th century. Artist: Unknown

Italy - Emilia-Romagna Region - Ravenna. 5th century A.D. Church of St. John the Evangelist. Execution of a captive Byzantine, mosaic

Famous Men, Otavianus Imperator, tempera drawings on paper, ca. 1470, Museum Castelgrande, Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland, Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland, Europe

Roman Mosaic-Tragic Mask Mosaic Laterano Museum, Rome, Italy

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