Sosos
Pigeons on the rim of the water vessel (copy), Capitoline Museums , Rome
Sosos was a Greek mosaic artist who probably worked at Pergamon during the time of the Attalids .
His famous work with the four drinking or sunbathing pigeons was located there on the edge of a water vessel made of natural stones. A Roman replica is in the Capitoline Museum in Rome . The work is dated to the 2nd century BC. Chr. Dated.
Another famous and preserved mosaic is the ἀσάρωτος οἶκος ( asárotos oíkos "unsweetened house"), which Pliny nat. 36,184 mentioned.
literature
- Katherine MD Dunbabin: Mosaics of the Greek and Roman world ; Cambridge University Press, 1999, ISBN 0521002303 ; here online at books.google
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mosaic of the Doves on the homepage of the Capitoline Museums ( Memento of the original from May 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 27, 2010.
- ↑ Illustration of the mosaic Asarotos oikos ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sosos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek mosaic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | uncertain: 4th century BC BC or 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | uncertain: 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr. |