HGW06 Pompeii.  Herculaneum Gate West Side.

Villa di Cicerone or Villa of Cicero or Villa detta di Cicerone. 

Linked to HGW15a.

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Excavated in 1748/9 and 1763 then filled in again after the removal of the paintings and the mosaics.

 

HGW06 Pompeii. Villa di Cicerone or Villa of Cicero.  May 2006.  Entrance.

 

HGW06 Pompeii.  May 2006.  Entrance.

 

HGW06 Pompeii.  May 2006. 

 

HGW15a Pompeii.  May 2006.  Villa detta di Cicerone. Entrance.

 

HGW15a Pompeii.  May 2006.  Villa detta di Cicerone. Entrance.

 

HGW15a Pompeii.  May 2006.  Looking south from entrance.

 

HGW06 Pompeii.   Found in Triclinium on 18^th May 1748.

Left is a wall painting of three candelabra with cupids mainly related to the world of Dionysus.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9874.

Right is a wall painting of a candelabrum with a flying cupid in the central medallion.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 8538.

 

HGW06 Pompeii.   Found in Triclinium on 18^th May 1748.

Wall painting of four candelabra with cupids showing the making of votive offerings.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9869.

 

HGW06 Pompeii.   Found in Triclinium on 25^th May 1748.  Wall painting of flying female figures.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9295.

 

HGW06 Pompeii.   Found in Triclinium on 1^st June 1748.  Wall painting of Satyr playing pipes.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9163.

 

HGW06 Pompeii.   Found in Triclinium on 1^st June 1748. 

Wall painting of a Satyr with a Thyrsus on his shoulder and who is walking on a horizontal Thyrsus.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9164.

 

HGW06 Pompeii.   Found in Triclinium on 18 January 1749. 

Seven fragments with flying figures with a jug and musical instruments.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9297.

 

HGW06 Pompeii.   Found in Triclinium on 18 January 1749. 

Wall painting of acrobatic Satyrs with Thyrsi and musical instruments.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9119.

 

HGW06 Pompeii.   Found in Triclinium on 18 January 1749. 

Wall painting of Satyrs playing drums and lyre and dancing.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9118.

 

HGW06 Pompeii.   Found in Triclinium on 18 January 1749.  Wall painting of centaurs with riders on their backs.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9133.

 

HGW06 Pompeii.   Found in Triclinium on 18 January 1749.  Two acrobatic Satyrs.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9121.

 

 

 

 

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