Tigress and Cubs
Tigress and Cubs
300s
Tesserae
Overall: 142.9 x 135.4 cm (56 1/4 x 53 5/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1987.65
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Fun Fact
Over ten thousand little tesserae or tiny tiles are in this mosaic.
Description
Mosaics were commonly used to decorate houses and villas of the Roman elite. In this mosaic the artist used different colored tesserae, small cut stones, to portray the distinctive striped markings of the tigress and her cubs.
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