VII .4.48
Pompeii. Casa della Caccia Antica or House of the Ancient Hunt
or House of the Hunt or House of the Wild Boar.
Linked to VII .4.43.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 9 from corridor 10.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 9, north wall with arched niche with tile shelf.
See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.66, no.275)
VII.4.48 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 9, remains of plaster under niche on the north wall.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 10, corridor or andron.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 10, west wall of corridor.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2001. Room 11, tablinum from atrium. Photograph courtesy of Current Archaeology.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 11, tablinum from atrium.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 11, looking towards east wall of tablinum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. October 2014. Room 11, looking towards
east wall of tablinum.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.4.48 Pompeii.
Painting by Antonio Ala, 1857, of the east wall of the tablinum. The Nile landscape from the central predella is missing in the painting.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 577.
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Zahn
describes: Wall from the Casa della Caccia (Dedalo e Pasifae) at Pompeii,
excavated in 1834.
The
main painting on this wall gives us a representation which rarely occurs on
ancient monuments.
Theseus,
son of Aegeus and Aethra, at the entrance to the labyrinth of Crete, receiving
from the Ariadne, the daughter of Minos and Pasiphae, the ball with whose
thread he saves himself from the labyrinth after killing the Minotaur. By this
deed Theseus freed Athens from the terrible tribute, consisting of seven boys
and seven girls. Theseus escaped with Ariadne, but left her on Naxos, where
Bacchus, coming from India on his journey, married her.
The counterpart of this painting on the opposite wall of the tablinum represents: Daedalus, who brings to Pasiphae the wooden cow he made, through whose mediation with the bull she gave birth to the Minotaur.
See Zahn, W., 1842-44. Die schönsten Ornamente und merkwürdigsten Gemälde aus Pompeji, Herkulanum und Stabiae: II. Berlin: Reimer, taf. 33.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 11, east wall of tablinum.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 11, detail from east wall of tablinum on south side of central panel.
VII.4.48 Pompeii.
Drawing attributed to Antonio Ala of painting of Phosphorus and Aurora, from the north end of the east wall of the tablinum.
This same painting is shown in Museo Borbonico XII, Tav. IV, with N. La Volpe shown as the artist.
See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (1953)
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 584.
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See Zahn, W., 1852-59. Die schönsten Ornamente und merkwürdigsten Gemälde aus Pompeji, Herkulanum und Stabiae: III. Berlin: Reimer, taf. 81.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 11, detail from east wall of tablinum at north end. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 11, detail from east wall of tablinum.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. 1957. Room 11, detail from east wall of tablinum. 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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VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 11, detail from east wall of tablinum at north end. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 11, detail from east wall of tablinum.
According to Kuivalainen –
There are four red panels in part of the predella of the west and east wall.
Each panel containing a fully white robed figure, depicting statues of Bacchus based on attributes and the pose of the standing figure.
The best preserved figure on the west wall holds a patera in the right hand, a thyrsus with a bunch of leaves upwards in the left hand.
See Kuivalainen, I., 2021. The Portrayal of Pompeian Bacchus.
Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum
140. Helsinki: Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, (p.82, A6).
VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 11, detail from upper central east wall of tablinum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 11, detail from east wall of tablinum.
The central painting on the east wall was of Theseus and Ariadne.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9048.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. Room 11, east wall of tablinum.
Painting of Ariadne giving Theseus the ball of string that will guide him out of the labyrinth.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9048.
Helbig describes:
Theseus receiving the ball of yarn from
and Ariadne: Theseus stands with blue chlamys, a sword (harpe) in
the left hand, and stretches out the right to Ariadne, who hands him the ball
of yarn.
She is standing in front of him in grey
shoes and a green chiton cloak, holding a corner of her white cloak with her
left hand.
Behind Theseus is the gate of the
labyrinth.
See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten
Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, p. 253, 1211.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. Room 11, east wall of tablinum.
Drawing by Giuseppe Marsigli, May 1834, of Arianna giving Theseus the ball of thread to exit the labyrinth.
See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (1211).
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 579.
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VII.4.48 Pompeii. Room 11, east wall of tablinum. Preparatory drawing attributed to Giuseppe Marsigli, but not signed.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 580.
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VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007.
Room 11, detail from centre of east wall of tablinum, with the Nile landscape in the predella, here very faded.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 11, detail from south end of east wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 11, detail from east wall of tablinum at south end.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. Pre 1843. Drawing by Gennaro Maldarelli of two floating figures.
Room 11, the one on the right from the south end of the east wall of the tablinum.
The one on the left from the south end of the west wall in the tablinum.
See Real Museo Borbonico, vol. XIII (13), 1843, Tav. XLVIII (48).
VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 11, detail from east wall of tablinum in south-east corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 11, detail from east wall of tablinum.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2005. Room 11, south-east corner of tablinum.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. April 2022.
Room 11, detail from south wall in south-east corner of
tablinum.
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. October 2020.
Room 11, south wall in south-east corner of tablinum. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. October 2020.
Room 11, detail from upper and middle of south wall in south-east corner of tablinum.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 11, detail from upper south wall in south-east corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 11, detail from south wall in south-east corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 11, detail of zoccolo in south-east corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. September 2021.
Room 11, detail from zoccolo/dado of south wall in south-east corner of tablinum. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. October 2020.
Room 11, detail from zoccolo/dado of south wall in south-east corner of tablinum. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 11, detail from south wall in south-east corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. October 2014. Room 11, detail from south
wall in south-east corner.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 11, detail from south wall of tablinum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. 1957. Room 11, detail from south wall of tablinum. 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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