IX.5.14 Pompeii. House of the Restaurant or Casa di Lupanare piccolo?  

Linked to IX.5.15 & IX.5.16. Excavated 1878.

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IX.5.14 Pompeii. May 2005.

Wall painting of Venus with fishing cupids, found on north wall of cubicula on north side of entrance corridor.

See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: (p.36, no.144)

See Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1986. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 3. Rome: ICCD. (p.481)

 

IX.5.14 Pompeii. May 2005. North wall of cubicula on north side of entrance corridor.

Wall painting of Venus with fishing cupids.

 

IX.5.14 Pompeii. 1881. Copy of wall painting of Venus with fishing cupids.

Found on north wall of cubicula on north side of entrance corridor.

See Presuhn E., 1882. Pompeji: Die Neuesten Ausgrabungen  von 1874 bis 1881. Leipzig: Weigel. (VIII, Plate VI).

 

IX.5.14 Pompeii. 1881. Copy of wall painting of Theseus and Ariadne with the minotaur.

Found in the ala on the north side of the atrium.

See Presuhn E., 1882. Pompeji: Die Neuesten Ausgrabungen  von 1874 bis 1881. Leipzig: Weigel. (VIII, Plate V).

 

IX.5.14 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking south-west across portico.

 

IX.5.14 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking south-west across portico of two-sided peristyle.

According to Jashemski, the portico of the garden was entered directly from the atrium. There was no tablinum.

The portico was supported by four white stuccoed columns on the east, and on the south by six somewhat lower columns.

The two rooms on the east, described by Eschebach as exedra or triclinia, had a good view of the garden.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.237) 

 

IX.5.14 Pompeii. South peristyle. Painting of Neptune and Amphitrite.

According to Sogliano, this painting was found in fragments and diligently recomposed.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number: 111442.

Picture courtesy of Stefano Bolognini (Wikimedia Commons).

See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: (p.25, no.96)

 

IX.5.14 Pompeii. May 2005.

Looking north through doorway to cubiculum, on north side of portico.

 

IX.5.14 Pompeii. May 2005. South side of portico.

 

IX.5.14 Pompeii. May 2005. Large exedra or triclinium, on east side of peristyle.

 

IX.5.14 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking east.

According to Eschebach, this is a second exedra or triclinium on east side of peristyle.

This has a doorway in its south wall, leading to a third exedra or triclinium on east side.

See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p.425)

 

IX.5.14 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking south east towards third exedra or triclinium, with two doorways.

One doorway in the south wall of the second exedra, one doorway from the east portico.

See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p.425)

According to Richardson, found in triclinium “o” were the under mentioned paintings, but  according to PPP, they were found in room “f”.

All the paintings are now in Naples Archaeological Museum.

Pyramus and Thisbe,   (Naples Inventory number 111483),

Pair of men before an enthroned queen (Aeneas before Dido?)   (Naples Inventory number 111480),

Bacchus and Ariadne with thiasus   (Naples Inventory number 111481).

See Richardson, L., 2000. A Catalog of Identifiable Figure Painters of Ancient Pompeii, Herculaneum. Baltimore: John Hopkins. (p.153)

See Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1986. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 3. Rome: ICCD.

 

IX.5.14 Pompeii. May 2005.

Looking north from doorway to servants’ area, across east portico.

 

IX.5.14 Pompeii. May 2005.

Looking north-east  towards hearth in kitchen on south side of peristyle, in servants’ area.

According to Boyce, on the south wall of this kitchen, was a fragmentary lararium painting.

Boyce said that Mau thought this kitchen was reserved for the use of the members of the household.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.86, no.426). 

See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: (p.19, no.69)

 

IX.5.14 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking north across area of stairs to upper floor.

 

IX.5.14 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking north to doorway from room in servant’s area.

 

IX.5.14 Pompeii. December 2010. Looking north to doorway from room in servant’s area.

Collapsed wall.

 

IX.5.14 Pompeii. December 2010. Looking north to doorway from room in servant’s area.

Collapsed wall.

 

IX.5.14 Pompeii. May 2005.

Looking south from doorway into room in servants area, in south-west corner.

 

 

 

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