VII.4.48 Pompeii. Casa di Caccia Antica or House of the Ancient Hunt

or House of the Hunt or House of the Wild Boar.

Linked to VII.4.43.

 

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VII.4.48 Pompeii, December 2007. Room 14, north wall of cubiculum at west end.

Medallion painting of Hermes or Mercurius.

 

VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 14, west wall of cubiculum. 

Central wall painting of Danae, removed to Naples Museum.

 

VII.4.48 Pompeii.  Room 14, west wall of cubiculum.

Wall painting of Danae and the Golden shower of Zeus. 

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum, inventory number 9549.

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (116).

See Real Museo Borbonico XI (Pl 21).

 

VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 14, west wall of cubiculum.

Wall painting of a winged cupid.

 

VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 14, west wall of cubiculum.

Wall painting of a winged cupid.

 

VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 14, south wall of cubiculum.

Partially destroyed wall painting of Zeus, on left.

 

VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 14, south wall of cubiculum at east end.  

Detail of medallion painting of Zeus.

 

VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007.

Room 14, centre panel of south wall of cubiculum.

Wall painting of Leda and the swan.

 

VII.4.48 Pompeii. About 1835.  Room 14, centre panel of south wall of cubiculum.

Sketch of wall painting of Leda and the swan.

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (145).

See also Real Museo Borbonico XI (Pl 21)

 

VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 14, south wall of cubiculum.

Wall painting of Diana.

 

VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 15.  

On the atrium west wall dividing room 14 from 15, on the left in this picture, a painted figure of Autumn was seen.

On the atrium north wall, on the right, a painted figure of Winter was seen.

See Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1986. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 3. Rome: ICCD. (p.130, atrio (2))

 

VII.4.48 Pompeii. Detail from W.20. Drawing of vignette of Autumn, from west wall of atrium.

See Real Museo Borbonico, XII, tav 18.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. With kind permission of DAI Rome, whose copyright it remains.

See http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/marbilderbestand/230710

 

VII.4.48 Pompeii. Detail from W.20. Drawing of vignette of Winter from north wall of atrium.

See Real Museo Borbonico, XII, tav 18.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. With kind permission of DAI Rome, whose copyright it remains.

See http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/marbilderbestand/230710

 

VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 15, south-west corner.

 

VII.4.48 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 15.

South wall with remains of plaster in upper south-west corner.

 

VII.4.48 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 15, south wall.

 

VII.4.48 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 15, upper west wall, with small window.

 

 

 

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