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© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Omeka ID 2448
Solar de l'antic convent de l'Ensenyança
Roman world

mosaic of the Three Graces

MAC BCN-019019

Object type
mosaic
Production date
200 / 300
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Culture
Roman world
Discovery location
Solar de l'antic convent de l'Ensenyança
Materials
marble
Township
Barcelona (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Barcelona, Barcelonès)
Technique
opus tessellatum
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
270 x 188 cm
Description
Emblem and part of a large polychrome mosaic decorated with geometric motifs. The emblem is framed by a border of large waves representing the theme of the Three Graces or Charities. Aglaea, Euphrosyne and Thalia were daughters of Jupiter and were part of the entourage of Venus. They are usually represented as three young naked girls. They worshiped as dispensers of everything that makes human life pleasant. Without them there was no joy or beauty. Always, then, that a group of men gathered to celebrate any festivity, they were invoked and offered the first drink.

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