VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. Casa dei
Capitelli colorati or Casa di Arianna
or House of Ariadne or House of the Coloured Capitals.
Linked to VII.4.32, VII.4.33 and VII.4.51. Excavated 1822, 1832 and 1846.
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VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south through room 23, towards middle peristyle.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 32, at front, with doorway into room 33. Looking west.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 33.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 33, west wall.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. c.1840.
Watercolour painting
by James William Wild, looking towards west wall of cubiculum 33.
Photo
© Victoria and Albert Museum, inventory number E.3983-1938.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. c.1840.
Watercolour painting
by James William Wild, showing detail from west wall of cubiculum 33.
Photo
© Victoria and Albert Museum, inventory number E.3966-1938.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 33, upper west wall of cubiculum.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 33, detail of painted decoration. South end of upper west wall of cubiculum.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 33, detail of painted decoration. North end of upper west wall of cubiculum.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 33, south wall.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. May 1880. Room 33, watercolour painting of south wall.
DAIR 83.141. Photo ©
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. c.1840.
Watercolour painting
by James William Wild, looking towards a vaulted wall in cubiculum 33.
Photo
© Victoria and Albert Museum, inventory number E.3985-1938.
(Note:
according to PPM, this is showing the north wall of the cubiculum, the one with
the circular window at the top of the wall.
However,
as James William Wild did not show a window, one assumes this could be the
other vaulted wall at the south end.)
See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici, 6. Roma:
Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, p.1097, and fig. 148).
Watercolour painting by James William Wild,
showing detail of central globe and top of side panels on vaulted wall of
cubiculum 33.
Photo
© Victoria and Albert Museum, inventory number E.3984-1938.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 33, north wall.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 33, window in north wall.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 33, remains of window in north wall.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 33, remains of painted decoration of a bird (swan?) on north wall.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 33, remains of painted decoration of a duck/bird on north wall.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 33, east wall above doorway leading into room 32.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking east to room 34 from room 32, with doorway to room 35, on left.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. North peristyle, looking east at area on south side of column, leading to room 35.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 35, looking south.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 35, south wall.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 35, east wall.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 35, north wall with window overlooking east portico of north peristyle.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 35, remains of floor.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Column of north peristyle.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 36, kitchen and latrine.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 36, kitchen with bench or hearth. Looking east.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 36, kitchen with bench and hearth. Looking north.
According to Boyce, Helbig saw the remains of a fragmentary lararium painting with the figures of the Lares.
No longer visible.
See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p. 66)
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 36, kitchen. Below this area are the stairs to the cellar.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 36, latrine.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 36, latrine.
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