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

Tombstone of Bishop Optimus (fragment)

4th century
Mosaic
Museu Necropolis Paleocristiana, Tarragona

The mosaic on the tombstone follows North-African examples; it represents an extension of the African mosaic style. The African influences were becoming gradually Hispanicized and finally lead to the artworks typical from the times of the Visigoth kingdom of the 7th century.




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