Mosaic Floor with Diana and Callisto Surrounded by Hunt Scenes
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Mosaic Floor with Diana and Callisto Surrounded by Hunt Scenes, Gallo-Roman, AD 175–200. Found in Villelaure, France, 1832. Stone and glass tesserae, 300 × 270 cm. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, M.71.73.99
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Date
AD 175–200
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300 × 270 cm
Location
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, M.71.73.99
Image Credit
Scenes of hunters forcing bears and other animals into nets and traps are depicted on mosaics throughout the Roman Empire, including examples from Carthage, El Kef, Hippo Regius, and Utica in North Africa; Centcelles in Spain; and this one, found in Villelaure in France; and Rome (including one from the Esquiline Hill) and Ravenna in Italy. (Getty Museum Catalogue)