Part of The Archive: a print retired from our core collections, brought back for members once a season. Available to order for seven days, made to order and printed in England, in your hands by early January 2027.
Battle of Issus Mosaic, circa 100 BC
100% Silk
Hand Rolled
Designed and Printed in Britain
42cm x 42cm
Dry Clean Only
The Battle of Issus Mosaic is part of a Roman Floor mosaic, which was originally located in the House of the Faun in Pompeii. It was made circa 100 BC and is now preserved in Naples National Archaeological Museum.
This mosaic illustrates a battle between the armies of Alexander the Great and Darius III of Persia, ultimately won by Alexander. Both of them can be seen in the mosaic, and Alexander is wearing a breastplate with the head of Medusa, a reference to the mythological monster. It’s thought to be a copy of a Greek painting made four centuries before, as the style of the mosaic is certainly inspired by Greek art. Volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius protected the mosaic and it is actually one of the best preserved mosaics ever found in Pompeii.
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