This month's masterpiece from Hadrian's Villa is a mosaic depicting a group of doves around an ornate bowl, known as the Capitoline Doves. - The mosaic is made of thousands of tiny tesserae in a dazzling range of colours called opus vermiculatum, the most sophisticated mosaic technique. It depicts four doves on the rim of… Continue reading Art and sculptures from Hadrian’s Villa: Mosaic of the Doves
