VI.2.14 Pompeii. Casa delle
Amazzoni or House of the Amazons
or Casa di Iside e di Osiride,
or Casa delle Muse.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Mosaic floor in triclinium.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Triclinium, centre of mosaic floor.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. South-west corner of triclinium.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Lower west wall of triclinium, south side.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Triclinium painted upper west wall, south end of blue central panel.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Triclinium, detail from painted upper west wall, south end.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005.
Triclinium, detail from painted upper west wall, central figure above blue panel.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. West wall of triclinium, south side of central blue panel.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Triclinium painted upper west wall, above central blue panel.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005.
West wall of triclinium with remains of wall painting of sitting man, cupid and abandoned Ariadne.
See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (p.258, no.1232)
According to Schefold found on the west wall of triclinium was the remains of a wall painting of Heros (demigod), Eros and Nymphe.
See Schefold, K., 1962. Vergessenes Pompeji. Bern: Francke. (T. 168, 1).
According to PAH 1, 3, 52-54, 16th March 1811, the paintings in the middle of the walls were in a bad state when excavated.
Because of this, one could not know what they represented.
See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi. (p.101)
VI.2.14 Pompeii. West wall of triclinium, in centre. Drawing by A. Aurelj of sitting man, cupid and abandoned Ariadne.
See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (p.258, no.1232)
According to Schefold found on the west wall of triclinium was the remains of a wall painting of Heros (demigod), Eros and Nymphe.
See Schefold, K.,
1962. Vergessenes Pompeji. Bern:
Francke. (T. 168, 1).
DAIR 83.65. Photo
© Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. West wall of triclinium, north end.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Lower west wall of triclinium, north end.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Detail from lower west wall of triclinium, centre and north end.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Painted north wall of triclinium.
According to Bianco –
“Le decorazioni
parietali sono quasi tutte completamente perdute, in quanto, scavata agli inizi
dell’800, non fu adeguatamente protetta, secondo l’abitudine, allora invalsa,
di non ricostruire i tetti.
Solo una parte di
esse è in un discreto stato di conservazione, come quelle dell’ambiente (11),
un triclinio, coperto dopo lo scavo, con una semplice tettoia.
Le pitture si
collocano nel IV stile, quindi contemporanee a quelle delle Casa del Poeta
Tragico. Osserviamo la parete nord;
lo zoccolo è
nero, la zona mediana divisa da sfondi architettonici, sorretti alla base da
figure entro edicole, con un pannello azzurro al centro e dei pannelli a sfondo
rosso ai lati. La zona superiore è ugualmente rossa ed è caratterizzata da un’edicolo. Infine la parete è completata con una cornice di stucco. Nei
pannelli laterali a fondo rosso vi sono le vignette dalle quali deriva il nome
della casa (Note 27) raffiguranti ad ovest un’Amazzone (note 28) e ad est
un’Amazzone a cavallo (Note 29). Quest’ultima ha il mantello svolazzante, la
pelta nella sinistra e l’ascia nella destra, calza stivaletti e ha la sella
ornata (Note 30). ……….
Particolarmente
interessanti sono anche la raffigurazione di una maschera tragica sulla parete
ovest dello stesso triclinio (11) e di un quadro completamente perso che
rappresentava Arianna (Note 31), temi trattati anche nella Casa della Poeta
Tragico.”
(Note 27:
Helbig, 1249.
Note 28:
Secondo Helbig, 1842, si tratta di un cavaliere.
Note 29:
Helbig, 1249.
Note 30: La vignette è la replica di uno stesso motivo presente in un
quadro della casa IX.7.20; cfr. HERMANN-BRUCKMANN 1906, tav.178.1.
Note 31:
Helbig in 1232, ne dà la descrizione: Arianna è raffigurata sulla destra in
compagnia di un amorino in lacrime appena distinguibile al centro; risvegliata,
guarda la nave di Teseo che si allontanò, sulla sinistra è presente una figura maschile accessoria.)
See Bianco,
Annalisa. Il fregio delle Amazzoni nella Casa del Poeta Tragico a Pompei.
(In Rivista di Studi Pompeiani, XVIII, 2007, (p.58).
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Lower north wall of triclinium towards east side..
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Painted north wall of triclinium.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Painted figure on upper north wall at west end.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Painted figure on horseback from north wall of triclinium, at west end.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. Drawing of painted figure on horseback from north wall of triclinium, at west end.
DAIR 83.66. Photo
© Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
See Helbig, W.,
1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv
verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1842.
See Gell, W, and Gandy J. P., 1819. Pompeiana. London: Rodwell and Martin, pl. 26.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. North wall of triclinium.
Wall painting of male figure, column, small cupid and Aphrodite, in centre of north wall.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Painted figure on horseback from north wall of triclinium, at east end.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. 1812 watercolour by F. Morelli painted a year after the discovery of the house.
This shows the rich decoration of the east wall of the triclinium.
The upper part is an architectural framework in which are birds with bands in their beaks and female figures.
The central area is composed of three panels of which the two lateral framed red ones bear a winged Cupid,
In the black zoccolo are two female figures making offerings and garlands.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 129.
See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici.
Vol. IV. Roma: Istituto
della enciclopedia italiana, p. 180.
See Zahn, W., 1828. Die
schönsten Ornamente und merkwürdigsten Gemälde aus Pompeji, Herkulanum und
Stabiae: I. Berlin: Reimer. No.69.
According
to Schefold, this was from the east wall of the
triclinium in VI.2.14.
See Schefold, K., 1957. Die Wände Pompejis. Berlin:
De Gruyter, p. 94.
According to Kuivalainen –
in the upper centre of this painting with the red background, is “an almost naked young Bacchus with a thyrsus”.
"A youth standing with his weight on his right foot, on a red background, head slightly turned to the left.
His right arm is raised to the top of his head, and in his raised left arm he holds a thyrsus with a bunch of leaves upwards.
A large green cloak covers his left shoulder and reaches to his calves".
See Kuivalainen, I., 2021. The Portrayal of Pompeian Bacchus. Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum 140. Helsinki: Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, (p.99, B9).
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. East wall of triclinium, upper north end.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. East wall of triclinium, upper north end.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Lower east wall of triclinium, north end.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Detail from lower east wall of triclinium, zoccolo towards north end.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. East wall of triclinium, upper centre.
According to Kuivalainen –
on the upper left of this photo with the red background, but now destroyed, would have been “an almost naked young Bacchus with a thyrsus”.
See Kuivalainen, I., 2021. The Portrayal of Pompeian Bacchus. Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum 140. Helsinki: Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, (p.99, B9).
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. East wall of triclinium, remains of faded central wall painting on blue panel.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. East wall of triclinium, upper south end.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. East wall of triclinium, south end.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. South-east corner of triclinium.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Mosaic floor in triclinium.