Detail of a mosaic from the House of the Faun, Pompeii « Mosaic Art Source
Colorful Cat Mosaic – National museum of Rome – mharrsch
Cat on Mosaic – johnthurm
A cat sits on a mosaic in the ruins of the gothic church next to the Khrysoplitissa Church in Paphos, Cyprus
Detail of a mosaic from the House of the Faun, Pompeii « Mosaic Art Source
Now at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Naples.
Mosaic floor detail of boy & kitty cat – Istanbul, Turkey – cercacielo
stray cat living in the ruins of Ephesus – pallas_marisa
Mosaic Kitty Cat, Greece « Mosaic Art Source
Mosaic Cat – Gato salvaje – church of apostles – madaba, jordan – copepodo
Peter and I were just discussing the naturalism of Roman paintings…and mosaics, so fresh, so beautiful and so blooming sophisticated.
Does anyone know how the top two (very similar) mosaics relate to each other please? I have seen both described as having come from the House of the Faun, but one is now in the National Museum in Rome and the other is in a museum in Naples. Is it true that they both came from Pompeii originally, and were they really both in the House of the Faun? They’re so similar it is fascinating.
It’s fantastic…
The Bardo mosaic was unknown to me when I gathered photos for the 1999 book, ‘The Domestic cat in Roman Civilization;’ Hopefully it may yet appear in publications. The cat’s posture and its face are fascinating features of this “portrait”!
What an astonishing collection of pictures! My congratulations to your blog.