VIII.4.4 Pompeii. Domus M. Holconi Rufi or House of Holconius Rufus.

Linked to VIII.4.2, VIII.4.3, VIII.4.5, VIII.4.6, VIII.4.49 and VII.4.50.

Excavated 1766, 1855 and 1861.

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VIII.4.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 22, east wall of cubiculum. 

 

VIII.4.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 22, east wall of cubiculum. 

Wall painting of Paris as a shepherd, with a crook in his hand, and cupid on his left shoulder.

                                                                                                                                                                                    

VIII.4.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 22, south wall of cubiculum. 

Wall painting of Ariadne with cup in her right hand, thyrsus in her left, and wearing a crown of flowers.

 

VIII.4.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 22, south wall, above the recess in the cubiculum. 

Wall painting of Satyr and Maenad.

 

VIII.4.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 22, west wall of cubiculum.

Wall painting of Ariadne in the company of a Maenad.

 

VIII.4.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 22, west wall of cubiculum. 

Wall painting of Silenus and Maenad with thyrsus.

 

VIII.4.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 22, north wall of cubiculum. 

Wall painting of Dionysus and Satyr.

 

VIII.4.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 22, north wall of cubiculum. 

Wall painting of Dionysus in the arms of a Maenad.

 

VIII.4.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 22, recess in south-west corner of cubiculum.

 

VIII.4.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 22, upper west wall, with vaulted ceiling of cubiculum.

 

VIII.4.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 23.

 

VIII.4.4 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 23, north-west corner of room linked to VIII.4.3. 

 

VIII.4.4 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 23, west wall of the room linked to VIII.4.3. 

 

VIII.4.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 23, floor with marble inserts of room linked to VIII.4.3.  

 

VIII.4.4 Pompeii. March 2009.

Doorway in north-west corner of atrium, leading to VIII.4.3

 

VIII.4.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, looking north across atrium to front entrance.

 

VIII.4.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, looking north across impluvium in atrium.

 

 

 

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