Z37.2 HYLAS & THE NAIADS

Museum Collection | (not know where), France |
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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.