MOSAIC ARTIST, Catalan
(active 4th century in Catalonia)

Dome decoration (detail)

350s
Mosaic
Roman villa, Centcelles

The Roman villa of Centcelles is located in the municipality of Constantí, in Catalonia. It contains a masterpiece of Early Christian Art. In one of its rooms is the oldest known dome mosaic with a Christian theme in the Roman world.

The detail shows the head of a young man wearing a Phrygian cap, which is part of a group representing three young men in the furnace of Babylon.




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