VI.7.18 Pompeii. Domus M. Asellini or House of Adonis
or House of Venus and Adonis or Casa di Ione or Casa con Xystus.
Excavated 1830s and restored 1976. Linked to VI.7.1 and VI.7.2.
VI.7.18 Pompeii.
December 2023.
Looking south towards room on east side of oecus/cubiculum on south side of peristyle.
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Miriam Colomer.
VI.7.18 Pompeii. December 2006. Doorway to oecus/cubiculum on south side of peristyle.
VI.7.18 Pompeii. December
2023.
Looking towards south
wall in room on south side of peristyle.
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VI.7.18 Pompeii. December 2006. South wall of oecus/cubiculum to south of peristyle.
VI.7.18 Pompeii. Painting by Antonio Ala, 1854, of wall existing in house which was found in 1836.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 179.
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VI.7.18 Pompeii. December 2006. Remains of central painting on south wall of oecus/cubiculum to south of peristyle.
According to Bragantini, this painting was of a Satyr and a feminine figure.
See Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1983. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 2. Rome: ICCD. (p.150)
VI.7.18 Pompeii.
Watercolour by Antonio Ala, 16th August 1836, showing south wall of oecus/cubiculum with central painting of Satyr and Maenad.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 185.
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VI.7.18 Pompeii. Drawing by Antonio Ala of central painting of Satyr and Maenad from south wall of oecus/cubiculum.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 184.
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VI.7.18 Pompeii.
Pen and ink drawing by Giuseppe Marsigli, 1836, detail of central wall painting of Satyr and Maenad.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 189.
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See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 547.
VI.7.18 Pompeii. December 2006. Painted panel of two cupids, on west end of south wall of oecus/cubiculum to south of peristyle.
VI.7.18 Pompeii.
Watercolour by Antonio Ala, showing two cupids from west end of south wall, (right side of central painting), with items from the myth of Hercules and Omphale, the club and kantharos????
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 198.
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VI.7.18 Pompeii. Watercolour by Antonio Ala, showing two cupids with a goat, from east end of south wall (left side of central painting).
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 199.
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VI.7.18 Pompeii. Drawing by Antonio Ala of female figure from upper centre of wall.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 191.
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VI.7.18 Pompeii.
Drawing by Antonio Ala of flying cupid figure from above upper side panel of wall.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 197.
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VI.7.18 Pompeii.
Pen and ink drawing by Antonio Ala, of two figures from zoccolo of south wall of oecus/cubiculum, together with detail of the top end of their panel.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 260.
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VI.7.18 Pompeii.
Painting by Antonio Ala, of figure from east side of zoccolo of south wall of oecus/cubiculum.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 201.
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VI.7.18 Pompeii.
Painting by Antonio Ala, of figure from west side of zoccolo of south wall of oecus/cubiculum.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 200.
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VI.7.18 Pompeii.
Pen and ink drawing by Antonio Ala, 1844, showing a wall of oecus/cubiculum with central painting of Satyr and Maenad.
Although this drawing is described as being the south wall, the central painting of this Satyr and Maenad would appear to be the one, as described by Helbig (548), as being from another wall of the same room.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 178.
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VI.7.18 Pompeii. Pen
and ink drawing by Giuseppe Marsigli,
“Of another painting also of Satyr and Maenad (Helbig 548) placed on one of the long walls of oecus/cubiculum, we have this design by Marsigli.”
Whereas this painting in the design of A. Ala (above), which reproduces the entire south wall of the oecus/cubiculum, was wrongly placed at the centre of the same.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 188.
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VI.7.18 Pompeii. Painting of central painting from a wall of the oecus/cubiculum, by Antonio Ala dated 13th August 1836.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 186.
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VI.7.18 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking south to doorways each leading into an oecus, with second oecus, on right.
VI.7.18 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Looking south-west into the second oecus
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1558.
VI.7.18 Pompeii.
December 2023. Looking south into second oecus. Photo courtesy of Miriam
Colomer.
VI.7.18 Pompeii.
December 2023.
Looking towards north end of east wall of second oecus.
Photo courtesy of
Miriam Colomer.
VI.7.18 Pompeii. December 2006. East wall of second oecus to south of peristyle.
VI.7.18 Pompeii. Painting by Giuseppe Abbate showing the east wall of oecus, April – June 1842.
This painting was faithfully reproduced from the original wall other than the green zoccolo, which was in fact painted black.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 202.
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Pen and ink drawing by Giuseppe Abbate, showing the north end and central part of the east wall, 1842.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 203.
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VI.7.18 Pompeii. Painting by Niccolini showing north end of east wall in oecus.
See Niccolini, F., 1862. Le
Case ed i Monumenti di Pompei: Book 2, (Tav. LXXXV).
Painting by Michele Mastracchio, 17th August 1836, showing Maenad from architecture on north (left) side of central painting on east wall of oecus.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 180.
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VI.7.18 Pompeii.
Painting by Michele Mastracchio, 13th August 1836, female figure with lyre from north end of the zoccolo on the east wall of oecus.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 181.
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VI.7.18 Pompeii. 1966. East wall of second oecus to south of peristyle.
Decoration from the top left-hand corner near the window. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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VI.7.18 Pompeii. North-east upper corner of second oecus to south of peristyle. Detail of decoration of top of panel on walls.
Old undated photograph. Courtesy of Society of Antiquaries, Fox Collection.
VI.7.18 Pompeii. Detail from upper wall of second oecus.
According to Briggs –
“The top enrichment is modelled in stucco and projects about 1 ½ inches from the wall, next to the ceiling.
The height of the decoration from the red band to the ceiling, is 1 foot 6 inches, and the ceiling is 8 feet 3 inches from the floor.
The heads of Medusa are painted with great care, as indeed is the whole of the Decoration.”
See Briggs, R. A., 1911. Pompeian Decoration. London: Batsford.
VI.7.18 Pompeii. December 2006. East wall of oecus to south of peristyle.
Wall painting of “La toletta del Ermafrodito” or “The toilet of Hermaphrodite”.
VI.7.18 Pompeii.
Wall painting of “La toletta del Ermafrodito” or “The toilet of Hermaphrodite” from centre of east wall.
Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.
VI.7.18 Pompeii. c.1871. Wall painting of Hermaphrodite from
centre of east wall.
Photo by J. H. Parker, © American Academy in Rome.
Parker.2176.Italia.
VI.7.18 Pompeii. Pen and ink drawing by Serafino Mastracchio of central wall painting from east wall of oecus.
According to Disegnatori when the painting was discovered on 22nd August 1836, it was left in situ, and is now only in a moderate state of preservation.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 207.
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See Carratelli, G. P., 2003. Pompei: La documentazione nell'Opera di disegnatori e pittori dei secoli XVIII e XIX. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, p. 833.
VI.7.18 Pompeii. Pre-1846. Reproduction painting of central wall painting from east wall of oecus.
See
Raoul-Rochette, M. Choix de Peintures de Pompei 1846. (pl. 10 and p.135-152).
VI.7.18 Pompeii. Pre-October 1852.
Drawing by Zahn found on a black background in a panel of the
predella above the zoccolo below the central painting of the east wall.
(Either the anonymous painting above or this one, would seem to
have been reversed).
See Zahn, W.,
1842-44. Die schönsten Ornamente und merkwürdigsten Gemälde aus Pompeji,
Herkulanum und Stabiae: II. Berlin: Reimer, taf. 45.
VI.7.18 Pompeii. Painting made by an anonymous painter on 17th August 1828 showing detail from predella of the central part of the east wall.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 208.
According to the ICCD scheda: The painting is
made on two sheets of glued tissue paper.
The tissue paper is currently mounted upside down on the backing cardboard. [Consequently, we have reversed the photo here.]
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VI.7.18 Pompeii.
December 2023.
Looking towards south
wall of second oecus on south side of peristyle. Photo courtesy of Miriam
Colomer.
VI.7.18 Pompeii. December 2006. Wall decoration on south wall of oecus to south of peristyle.
According to PPM, in the predella with a black background under the central painting, was a painting of a cupids trying to capture a deer.
VI.7.18 Pompeii. W1332. Panel with landscape from west end at top of south wall. See the top drawing in W.60 below.
Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.7.18 Pompeii. Drawing of two landscapes from the top of the south wall, see W60 below.
DAIR 83.68. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut,
Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.718 Pompeii. W60. Drawing of two landscapes from the top of the south wall.
The top one is from the west end of the south wall of oecus to south of peristyle.
The lower one is from the east end of the south wall of oecus to south of peristyle.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.7.18 Pompeii. W1333. Panel with landscape from east end of the top of the south wall. See the lower drawing in W.60 above.
Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.7.18 Pompeii. December 2006. Wall painting, possibly of Hermaphrodite, from centre of south wall in oecus to south of peristyle.
VI.7.18 Pompeii. December 2006. West wall and doorway of oecus to south of peristyle.
VI.7.18 Pompeii. Pre-October 1851. Drawing by Zahn, of a painting on a
black background of a predella.
This painting was found above the zoccolo of a small wall of the
room in which the Toilette of Hermaphrodite was found on a large wall.
See Zahn, W., 1852-59. Die schönsten Ornamente und merkwürdigsten Gemälde aus Pompeji, Herkulanum und Stabiae: III. Berlin: Reimer, taf. 35.
VI.7.18 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking towards north wall of peristyle, and large wall painting of Adonis ferito and Aphrodite.