VI.15.8 Pompeii. Casa del
Principe di Napoli or House of the Prince of Naples.
Linked to VI.15.7. Excavated 1896.
In Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, prior to January 1897, this house may be described as being in Insula 12 of Reg. VI. Afterwards it was changed to Insula 15 of Reg. VI.
In Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, January 1897, plan on p.14, this house was numbered as VI.15.9.
It was renumbered in NdS, May 1897, p.198 as VI.15.8. See Note on Region VI, Insula 15 plan for information.
Quick Outline
This page has been created to give a “taster” of the main rooms and areas of the beautiful House of the Prince of Naples.
Detail
If you are then interested to see the house in more detail, the rooms are shown in greater detail in the subsequent parts
Vicolo dei Vettii, west side, between VI.15 and VI.16. December
2018.
Looking north from VI.15.7, on left, towards VI.15.18, in centre near water tower. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand
VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance with painted wall on north side of entrance corridor.
According to NdS –
the walls of the fauces, or entrance corridor, were decorated on a white background, which was then partitioned with black and red lines.
The high dado, or ‘zoccolo’ was painted black.
VI.15.8
Pompeii. July 2017. Looking west across impluvium and atrium, from
entrance corridor.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. June 2019. Impluvium in atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. June 2019. South wall of atrium with doorway to portico. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
On the left is the doorway into a cubiculum on the south side of the entrance corridor.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking through doorway in cubiculum on south side of entrance corridor.
Looking towards east wall of cubiculum with window onto Vicolo dei Vettii.
According to NdS, this room had been covered by a barrel-vaulted ceiling and had a recess for a bed.
The walls were decorated with a white background and had a stucco cornice which ran around the walls at a height of approximately 2m from the floor.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, January
1897, (p.34).
VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2018.
Looking west across impluvium in atrium towards tablinum and
doorway to kitchen, on right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007. West wall of the atrium and doorway to kitchen area, on right.
At the foot of the dividing pillar between these two rooms, in the floor of the atrium, was the mouth of the cistern.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking west into kitchen and latrine.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2018.
Looking
south-west across atrium towards doorway to portico, and window in tablinum
overlooking garden. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2015. West wall of tablinum with doorway to cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. South wall of cubiculum, with window overlooking garden area.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. North wall of cubiculum.
According to NdS, this room had a barrel-vaulted ceiling, and the area near the north wall had a second vaulted area, having a projection of 1.40m.
At the top of this vaulted area, one could see a painted peacock going towards some fruit, on a white background.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1897,
January, (p. 35).
VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. East wall of cubiculum with doorway to tablinum, and atrium.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2015. North-west corner and north wall of tablinum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2015.
Looking north-east from tablinum across atrium towards room with steps to upper floor, and entrance doorway, centre right.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2018.
Looking
north-west from portico towards household shrine in garden area with doorway
from atrium, on right.
Photo
courtesy of Aude Durand.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2018.
Household shrine in the garden. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2018.
Looking east from garden to portico with doorways to oecus and doorway and window of summer triclinium.
Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2018.
Looking south across portico towards summer triclinium. Photo
courtesy of Aude Durand.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2018. Summer triclinium, looking
towards south-west corner. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. April 2012.
East wall of summer triclinium, with small window into small recess or cupboard. Photo courtesy of Marina Fuxa.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. April 2012.
South-east corner of portico, with doorways to oecus, recess and summer triclinium, on right. Photo courtesy of Marina Fuxa.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007. Decorative marble inlaid floor panel of oecus.
According to NdS, the floor was signinum and had a beautiful rectangle of coloured marble in the middle.
See Notizie
degli Scavi di Antichità, March
1898, (p.126)
VI.15.8 Pompeii. June 2019. North wall and north-east corner of oecus. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2018.
Detail
from centre of east wall. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. South-west corner of oecus with doorway to portico.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway into a room on the east side of the portico leading to VI.15.7.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. June 2019.
North wall of the portico and doorway (on left) to atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.