Skip to main content

IN invisible network

Moments

Watch

TV
Stations
Films
News
Comedy
Anime
Sports

Listen

Music
Radio
Podcasts

Read & look

Books
Print
Art

Play

Games
Karaoke

Learn

MoreMenu

Moments
Watch
- TV
- Stations
- Films
- News
- Comedy
- Anime
- Sports
Listen
- Music
- Radio
- Podcasts
Read & look
- Books
- Print
- Art
Play
- Games
- Karaoke
Learn

Created with tiny pieces of colored marble, stone, and glass, this rectangular mosaic shows four columns separated by stylized peacock feathers. Each vertical zone is divided again by two curving, garland-like swags into three sections, which are filled with birds, people, masks, or other objects, and is framed with a twisted, rope-like pattern around the edge. The entire mosaic is created with matte tones of light beige, chocolate brown, pale yellow, olive green, black, and white. In each column, a bird on a branch occupies the top section. Below, and separated by the garlands, the center…

Symbols of Bacchus as God of Wine and the Theater

Roman 3rd Century

c. 200/225 A.D. · mosaic, marble, and glass

National Gallery of Art · Given to the National Gallery of Art for the American People from the People of Tunisia

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

About this work

› Every 1 of 1,421,182 Browse the collections Include works for adults Window mode follows your eyes with your camera, in this browser only: no picture or position leaves your device. Exit gallery

Invisible Network