Mosaic of cat catching chicken from Hadrian's Villa, now in the Vatican Museums

This cute cat-catching-chicken picture, also featuring olives, a pair of courting ducks, and apricots, is the detail of a mosaic taken from Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli, north-east of Rome. It is now located in the “Cabinet of Masks” in the Vatican Museums.

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