Mosaic with Bear Hunt

Mosaic

Italy

Italy, Baiae, Lago di Lucrino

Fragmentary floor mosaic depicting a bear hunt. Depicted are four hunters wearing short tunics and tall boots. Two of the hunters are identified by name: the first is 'MINVS', of which only his arm is preserved; the other is 'LVCIVS'. The hunters are driving five bears into a net, one of which is already captured, that is arranged in a semi-circle held up by trees. Missing from this fragment is the decorative border and the rest of the depicting on the hunter Minus.

Getty Villa

http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/6916/unknown-maker-fragmenta...

H: 6.61 m ; W: 8.69 m

Dates to c. 4th century CE. Discovered in 1901, it is an enormous floor mosaic either from a bath building or a villa. The extent of the mosaic is vast- the part owned by the Getty (since 1971) is 28 feet wide. Four other fragments are in the Naples Archaeological Museum.

Belis, Alexis. Roman Mosaics in the J. Paul Getty Museum. (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2016), no. 2, entry by Kenneth Lapatin. Accessed November 29, 2017.http://www.getty.edu/publications/romanmosaics/catalogue/2/ The J. Paul Getty Trust. "Fragmentary Mosaic Floor with Bear Hunt." The J. Paul Getty Museum. Accessed November 29, 2017. http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/6916/unknown-maker-fragmenta...

Attributed to Angela Kalinowski under the license CC-BY-NC 4.0

CC-BY-NC 4.0

Angela Kalinowski

Photographer

Roman
Mosaic
Beast Hunt
Animal
Bear
Male
Venator
Equipment
Inscription

4th c. CE