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Z37.2 HYLAS & THE NAIADS

Hylas & Naiads | Greco-Roman mosaic
DETAILS
Museum Collection (not know where), France
Catalogue No. -
Type Mosaic
Context -
Date -
Period Imperial Roman

DESCRIPTION

The youth Hylas is accosted by a pair of Naiad-nymphs as he fetches water from a spring. The young man wears a billowing, red robe and holds a spear and water-jug in his hands. The Nymphs are clothed in blue and one rests her arm on a streaming water-pitcher representing the spring.

ARTICLES

Mysian Naiads