VII.4.57 Pompeii. Casa dei Capitelli Figurati or House of the Figured Capitals.
Excavated 1831 and 1836.
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VII.4.57 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, ala on east side of atrium.
(PPM and Avellino – room o’).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. Room 6, ala on east side of atrium.
See Avellino, F. M. Descrizione di una Casa Pompejana Disotterrata in Pompeii nell’anno 1831, 1832, 1833 la terza alle spalle del tempio della Fortuna Augusta. Naples, 1837, p. 22.
VII.4.57 Pompeii. Room 6, ala on east side of atrium.
See Avellino, F. M. Descrizione di una Casa Pompejana Disotterrata in Pompeii nell’anno 1831, 1832, 1833 la terza alle spalle del tempio della Fortuna Augusta. Naples, 1837, p. 23 and note (a).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, east wall of ala.
(PPM and Avellino – room o’).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. September 2019. Tablinum, room 7, looking south from atrium.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
(PPM and Avellino – room p).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. Tablinum, room 7.
See Avellino, F. M. Descrizione di una Casa
Pompejana Disotterrata in Pompeii nell’anno 1831, 1832, 1833 la terza alle
spalle del tempio della Fortuna Augusta. Naples, 1837, p. 23 and note (b).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. Tablinum, room 7.
See Avellino, F. M. Descrizione di una Casa
Pompejana Disotterrata in Pompeii nell’anno 1831, 1832, 1833 la terza alle
spalle del tempio della Fortuna Augusta. Naples, 1837, p. 24 and note (a).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, atrium, looking south-west towards tablinum, room 7.
(PPM and Avellino – room b, atrium, room p, tablinum).
VII.4.57 Pompeii.
Room 7, looking west towards west wall of tablinum, on left,
and west wall of west ala, on right, as drawn by Laurits
Albert Winstrup.
Photo
© Danmarks Kunstbibliotek, inventory number ark_6186a.
See Carratelli, G. P.,
1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici. VII. (7). Roma: Istituto della
enciclopedia italiana, (p.81)
(PPM and Avellino – room p, tablinum, room o, west ala).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. Stereoview by R. Rive, c.1860-1870s.
Looking south across tablinum towards peristyle, showing original mosaic floor and decorated west wall.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
(PPM and Avellino – room p, tablinum, room t, peristyle).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, remains of floor in tablinum.
(PPM and Avellino – room p, tablinum)
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 367.
VII.4.57 Pompeii. Pre 1937-1939. Looking towards west wall and mosaic floor in tablinum. Looking north-west towards atrium.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 432a.
VII.4.57 Pompeii.
c.1930. Central emblema in tablinum.
See Blake,
M., (1930). The pavements of the Roman Buildings of the Republic and Early
Empire. Rome, MAAR, 8, (pp.80,106 & pl.22, tav.1).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. 15th October 1849.
Drawing of mosaic in centre of tablinum, and
from the threshold, by Laurits Albert Winstrup.
Photo © Danmarks Kunstbibliotek, inventory number ark_6112.
VII.4.57 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, west wall of tablinum, with lava block for securing the arca, on right.
According to
Pagano and Prisciandaro –
9 lug 1832 “Il
disterro continua nella casa a destra la strada della Fortuna…… si è disterrato
in pie dello staffio destro dal tablino, in testa all’ atrio, un’antica cassa
sfasciata ed ossidata di legno, ferro e bronzo, con tre quadretti di bronzo
figurati in bassorilievi -
due centauri (NAP
72822, 72824) (RMB 9, pl.58) e tre figure umane (NAP 72823) (RMB 9, pl.59).”
See Pagano, M.
and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle
provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di
Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi, (p.146) & PAH II, 255.
(PPM and Avellino – room p, tablinum).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. March 2009. Pillar between the tablinum (left)
and doorway to room 8, corridor to rear (right).
The large block of lava stone in front of the pillar is the
remains of the base for the arca/strong-box, which was originally surrounded by
a small rectangular wall.
(PPM and Avellino – room q, corridor, area f, strong-box or
arca.)
VII.4.57 Pompeii. Cassaforte/Money Chest base found near west wall of tablinum in atrium.
According to Pernice –
Chest base. Found in the atrium on the pillar to the right of the tablinum.
The base consists of an irregularly shaped lava block with an iron spike and a rectangular wall made of small lava and tuff stones and crumb rocks.
See Pernice, E., 1932. Hellenistische Tische,
Zisternenmündungen, Beckenuntersätze, Altäre u. Truhen. Berlin, p. 74, Taf.
45.1.
DAIR 32.1104. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches
Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
Thanks to Espen B. Andersson for assisting us in our interest in money-chests.
VII.4.57 Pompeii. 1833. Room 7, tablinum. Drawing by F. Mori of bronze chest cladding.
See Real Museo Borbonico Vol. IX, 1833, Tav. 58.
Avellino describes these as:
Fig. 1 (bottom). Existing parts of the external cladding of the main face
of the bronze chest case, in the way that it was believed they should have been
matched together,
Fig. 2 (right). Strip of bronze belonging to the lining of one of the
sides.
Fig. 3 (top). Bronze bas-relief of the Centaur that adorned the wooden
chest.
Fig. 4 (centre). Bronze bas-relief of the female Centaur which adorned the
chest itself.
See Avellino, F. M. Descrizione di una Casa Pompejana Disotterrata in Pompeii nell’anno 1831, 1832, 1833 la terza alle spalle del tempio della Fortuna Augusta. Naples, 1837, Tav. V, p. 45, 46 et seq.
The two centaurs are now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory numbers 72822, 72824.
VII.4.57 Pompeii. 1833. Room 7, tablinum. Drawing by F. Mori of bronze plaque chest cladding.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 72823.
See Real Museo Borbonico Vol. IX, 1833, Tav. 59.
The bronze plaque worked in relief and applied to the wooden box showed in the centre Socrates, Diotima and Eros.
See Carratelli, G. P.,
1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici. VII. (7). Roma: Istituto della
enciclopedia italiana, (p.71)
See Avellino, F. M. Descrizione di una Casa Pompejana Disotterrata in Pompeii nell’anno 1831, 1832, 1833 la terza alle spalle del tempio della Fortuna Augusta. Naples, 1837, Tav. VI, p. 53.
VII.4.57 Pompeii. 1833. Room 7, tablinum. Drawings by F. Mori of objects found near the strongbox.
Avellino wrote in RMB –
Objects incised in Tav. LX were found in the vicinity of the already described strong-box, they could have belonged to the same object, however this cannot be affirmed with certainty.
See Real Museo Borbonico Vol. IX, 1833, Tav. LX (60).
Avellino describes these as several other
fragments belonging to the bronze chest, viz
Fig. 1. Iron plate with bronze ornaments
Fig. 2. Bronze mask
Fig. 3. Bronze plate with bas-relief front
facing head.
Fig. 4. Bronze boar head with iron pin
Fig. 5. Bronze dog, lying
See Avellino, F. M. Descrizione di una Casa Pompejana Disotterrata in Pompeii nell’anno 1831, 1832, 1833 la terza alle spalle del tempio della Fortuna Augusta. Naples, 1837, Tav. VII, p. 46-7.
VII.4.57 Pompeii. September 2019.
Room 7, looking west through doorway at south end of west wall of
tablinum.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
(PPM and Avellino – room p, tablinum).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, east wall of tablinum.
(PPM and Avellino – room p, tablinum).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. September 2019.
Room 7, looking towards small doorway in east wall of tablinum
into room 15, exedra.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
(PPM and Avellino – room p, tablinum, looking towards room s, exedra).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. September 2019. Looking south-east from tablinum
7 towards portico and peristyle.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
(PPM and Avellino – room p, tablinum, looking towards area t, portico and peristyle).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 8, corridor to rear.
The large block of lava stone is the base for the arca/strong-box.
(PPM and Avellino – room q, corridor, area f, strong-box or arca.)
VII.4.57 Pompeii. September 2019. Room 8, corridor to rear,
looking towards east wall.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
(PPM and Avellino – room q, corridor).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 8, corridor to peristyle, looking south.
(PPM and Avellino – room q, corridor to area t, peristyle).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. September 2019. Room 9, looking west
towards ala on west side of atrium.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
(PPM and Avellino – room o, west ala).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 9, ala on west side of atrium, with sill of blocks of marble.
(PPM and Avellino – room o, west ala).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. Room 9, ala on west side of atrium. Description by Avellino.
See Avellino, F. M. Descrizione di una Casa Pompejana Disotterrata in Pompeii nell’anno 1831, 1832, 1833 la terza alle spalle del tempio della Fortuna Augusta. Naples, 1837, p. 18.
VII.4.57 Pompeii. Room 9, ala on west side of atrium. Description by Avellino.
See Avellino, F. M. Descrizione di una Casa Pompejana Disotterrata in Pompeii nell’anno 1831, 1832, 1833 la terza alle spalle del tempio della Fortuna Augusta. Naples, 1837, p. 19.
VII.4.57 Pompeii. Room 9, ala on west side of atrium. Description by Avellino.
See Avellino, F. M. Descrizione di una Casa Pompejana Disotterrata in Pompeii nell’anno 1831, 1832, 1833 la terza alle spalle del tempio della Fortuna Augusta. Naples, 1837, p. 20.
VII.4.57 Pompeii. Room 9, ala on west side of atrium. Description by Avellino.
See Avellino, F. M. Descrizione di una Casa Pompejana Disotterrata in Pompeii nell’anno 1831, 1832, 1833 la terza alle spalle del tempio della Fortuna Augusta. Naples, 1837, p. 21.
VII.4.57 Pompeii. Room 9, ala on west side of atrium. Description by Avellino.
See Avellino, F. M. Descrizione di una Casa Pompejana Disotterrata in Pompeii nell’anno 1831, 1832, 1833 la terza alle spalle del tempio della Fortuna Augusta. Naples, 1837, p. 22.
VII.4.57 Pompeii. September 2019. Room 9, looking across
blocks of marble towards west wall of ala.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
(PPM and Avellino – room o, west ala).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 9, west wall of ala.
(PPM and Avellino – room o, west ala).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. Room 9, west wall of ala showing the decoration, as drawn by Laurits Albert Winstrup.
Detail from photo ©
Danmarks Kunstbibliotek, inventory number ark_6186a.
See Carratelli, G. P.,
1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici. VII. (7). Roma: Istituto della
enciclopedia italiana, (p.81)
(PPM and Avellino – room p, tablinum, room o, west ala).
According to PPM –
“Mau described the ala as being decorated in the “candelabra style”, Mau W, p.378.
Today, not much remains of the colours – the zoccolo was red-violet, the predella showing coloured stripes of different widths.
The middle zone alternated with a yellow central panel and a red side panels, subdivided by narrow candelabra just 5cm wide and bordered at the edge of the wall, by green bands. The middle zone was separated from the upper zone by a coloured frieze similar to the predella with several parallel stripes; the dominant colour being blue and yellow; the stripes were separated by narrow black , red and white lines. No traces of colour remained in the upper zone.
See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici.
VII, (7). Roma: Istituto
della enciclopedia italiana, (p. 78).
(PPM and Avellino
– room o, west ala).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. March 2009.
Room 9, north wall of ala with remaining painted decoration in north-west corner, similar to description from west wall.
(PPM and Avellino – room o, west ala).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 9, north wall of ala, with small door to room 10.
(PPM and Avellino – room o, west ala, with doorway to room j).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39.
Looking across impluvium in atrium towards doorways to rooms on west side of atrium. Room 10, on left, and room 11, on right.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1723.
(PPM and Avellino – doorways to room j, on left, and room i,
on right).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 10, cubiculum, looking towards north-west corner.
(PPM and Avellino – room j).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. Description of 4 rooms on the right of the atrium.
See Avellino, F.
M. Descrizione di una Casa Pompejana Disotterrata in Pompeii nell’anno 1831,
1832, 1833 la terza alle spalle del tempio della Fortuna Augusta. Naples,
1837, (p.15).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. Description of 4 rooms on the right of the atrium.
See Avellino, F.
M. Descrizione di una Casa Pompejana Disotterrata in Pompeii nell’anno 1831,
1832, 1833 la terza alle spalle del tempio della Fortuna Augusta. Naples,
1837, (p.16).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, west wall of cubiculum.
(PPM and Avellino – room j).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, north wall of cubiculum.
(PPM and Avellino – room j).
According to PPM –
This was the only room decorated in IV Style.
The paintings had been preserved in a more satisfactory state on the north wall, even if only in pieces and up to the height at which the wall was preserved, i.e. the upper part of the middle area.
The zoccolo, 70cm high, was red and divided into panels by white lines, three of which were wider, and decorated with bunches of leaves: in the remaining two were heads of horses in profile, painted yellow.
The middle zone was divided into three panels separated by white pilasters (width 25.5cm).
The central and left panels were preserved in all their width (1m), the one on the right only preserved in fragments.
In the panels, framed by a 5cm wide perforated border, there were the figures thus described by Avellino "a bacchante with thyrsus and a winged cupid with basket". The side panels were red, the middle one yellow.
The decoration
probably dates back to the period between 62 and 79 AD.
See Carratelli,
G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici. VII. (7). Roma: Istituto
della enciclopedia italiana, p.76 (no.20)
VII.4.57 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, east wall of cubiculum, looking west into atrium.
(PPM and Avellino – room j).
VII.4.57 Pompeii. c.1930. Room 10, mosaic flooring in cubiculum.
DAIR 41.723. Photo ©
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
See Pernice, E. 1938. Pavimente und Figürliche Mosaiken:
Die Hellenistische Kunst in Pompeji, Band VI. Berlin:
de Gruyter, (tav. 38,4, above.)
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