VII.4.59 Pompeii. Casa della Parete Nera, or House of Black Wall or Casa dei Bronzi.

Linked to VII.4.8. Excavated 1832, 1837. (Strada della Fortuna 4).

VII.4.59 Pompeii, 1978. Looking south along east wall in peristyle. 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. J78f0087

VII.4.59 Pompeii, 1978. Looking south along east wall in peristyle. 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.4.59 Pompeii. House of the Black Wall, c.1970. Looking south in peristyle o.
DAIR 72.3587. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. House of the Black Wall, c.1970. Looking south in peristyle o.

DAIR 72.3587. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. House of the Black Wall. Section north-south through peristyle o. See Avellino in Memorie della Regale Accademia Ercolanese di Archeologia III, 1843, Tav III.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. House of the Black Wall. Section north-south through peristyle o.

See Avellino in Memorie della Regale Accademia Ercolanese di Archeologia III, 1843, Tav III.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. May 1885. Painting by Valdemar Koch (1852-1902), detail of wall of peristyle.
Photo © Danmarks Kunstbibliotek inv no ark_17624.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. May 1885. Painting by Valdemar Koch (1852-1902), detail of wall of peristyle.

Photo © Danmarks Kunstbibliotek inv no ark_17624.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. 1849. Painting by Laurits Albert Winstrup, showing east wall of peristyle.
Photo © Danmarks Kunstbibliotek, inventory number ark_6194.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. 1849. Painting by Laurits Albert Winstrup, showing east wall of peristyle.

Photo © Danmarks Kunstbibliotek, inventory number ark_6194.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. House of the Black Wall. Peristyle o, east wall of the north porticus.
See Zahn, W., 1842. Die schönsten Ornamente und merkwürdigsten Gemälde aus Pompeji, Herkulanum und Stabiae: II. Berlin: Reimer, Taf. II, 55.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. House of the Black Wall. Peristyle o, east wall of the north porticus.

See Zahn, W., 1842. Die schönsten Ornamente und merkwürdigsten Gemälde aus Pompeji, Herkulanum und Stabiae: II. Berlin: Reimer, Taf. II, 55.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. 1837 Boulanger painting of peristyle o, east wall of the north porticus.
See Hanoune R., A and M De Vos, 1985. Gli acquarelli pompeiani di F. Boulanger [Casa dei Bronzi, Casa del labirinto], MEFRA Antiquité T. 97, n. 2. 1985. pp. 841-878.
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VII.4.59 Pompeii. 1837 Boulanger painting of peristyle o, east wall of the north porticus.

See Hanoune R., A and M De Vos, 1985. Gli acquarelli pompeiani di F. Boulanger [Casa dei Bronzi, Casa del labirinto], MEFRA Antiquité T. 97, n. 2. 1985. pp. 841-878.

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VII.4.59 Pompeii. 1837 painting detail of peristyle o, east wall of the north porticus. Detail of epistyle and fresco.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. House of the Black Wall, c.1862. Looking north in peristyle o. The east side having a wall with half columns against it.
Photograph courtesy of Society of Antiquaries. Fox Collection.
See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider, p.100, fig. 222.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. House of the Black Wall, c.1862. Looking north in peristyle o. The east side having a wall with half columns against it.

Photograph courtesy of Society of Antiquaries. Fox Collection.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider, p.100, fig. 222.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. March 2009. Peristyle o, west side, looking south.

According to Boyce, in the south-west corner of the peristyle was the doorway to the kitchen.

In this kitchen was a niche and Lararium. The niche had its interior walls painted with spots of many colours.

Painted on the wall to the right of the niche was a Lar wearing a yellow tunic and green pallium, carrying rhyton and situla.

Behind the Lar and somewhat bigger, was Vulcan holding tongs in his right hand and his left resting on a shield.

The figures on the left side of the niche had vanished.

In the lower zone was a serpent beside and altar.

Boyce made a note that Avellino thought that Vulcan’s appearance in the Lararium painting was a reference to the business of the owner.

The shops at numbers 60 and 61 to the right of this house, were apparently owned by a bronze worker.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.66, no.283)

See Avellino F., 1843. Descrizione di una casa dissotterrata in Pompei negli anni 1832, 1833 e 1834., Napoli, Memorie della R. Acc. Ercolanese III, 1843.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Looking south along east wall of peristyle.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1457.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Looking south along east wall of peristyle o.

Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1457.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. pre 1937-39. Peristyle o, looking south along west portico.

Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1799

According to PPM –

Following on from the damage caused by the bombardment during the Second World War, the rooms (p), (q), ( r), (s), (t), (u) and (v), previously situated to the west and south-west of the peristyle, are now lost and have been incorporated into the buildings of the Direzione degli Scavi. However, we have the description by Avellino, who had the opportunity to see them.

See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici. VII (7). Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, (p.93).

VII.4.59 Pompeii. October 2023. Peristyle o, double sided oscillum (side A) with winged Victoria.
Marble decorative hanging relief (oscilla) showing a winged Victory, inv. 6552. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
On display in “L’altra MANN” exhibition, October 2023, at Naples Archaeological Museum.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. October 2023. Peristyle o, double sided oscillum (side A) with winged Victoria.

Marble decorative hanging relief (oscilla) showing a winged Victory, inv. 6552. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

On display in “L’altra MANN” exhibition, October 2023, at Naples Archaeological Museum.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. Peristyle o, double sided oscillum (side B) with warrior with Corinthian helmet and lance.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6552.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. Peristyle o, double sided oscillum (side B) with warrior with Corinthian helmet and lance.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6552.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. Peristyle o, double sided oscillum (side A) with a satyr.
On the reverse is a maenad.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6641.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. Peristyle o, double sided oscillum (side A) with a satyr. On the reverse is a maenad.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6641.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. October 2023. Peristyle o, double sided oscillum (side B) with a maenad. On the reverse is a satyr.
Marble decorative hanging relief (oscilla) showing a dancing Maenad in front of an altar, inv. 6641. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
On display in “L’altra MANN” exhibition, October 2023, at Naples Archaeological Museum.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. October 2023. Peristyle o, double sided oscillum (side B) with a maenad. On the reverse is a satyr.

Marble decorative hanging relief (oscilla) showing a dancing Maenad in front of an altar, inv. 6641. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

On display in “L’altra MANN” exhibition, October 2023, at Naples Archaeological Museum.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. Peristyle o, double sided oscillum (side A) with two satyrs dancing.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6643.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. Peristyle o, double sided oscillum (side A) with two satyrs dancing.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6643.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. Peristyle o, double sided oscillum (side B) with bearded satyr offering grapes.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6643.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. Peristyle o, double sided oscillum (side B) with bearded satyr offering grapes.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6643.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. Peristyle o, double sided crescent shaped oscillum (side A) with a tragic mask.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6662.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. Peristyle o, double sided crescent shaped oscillum (side A) with a tragic mask.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6662.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. Peristyle o, double sided crescent shaped oscillum (side B) with a tragic mask.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6662.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. Peristyle o, double sided crescent shaped oscillum (side B) with a tragic mask.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6662.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. Peristyle o, double sided oscillum (side A) with Hercules.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6647.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. Peristyle o, double sided oscillum (side A) with Hercules.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6647.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. Peristyle o, double sided oscillum (side B) with Pan.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6647.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. Peristyle o, double sided oscillum (side B) with Pan.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6647.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. Peristyle O, 1840 drawing of two sides of a fragment of a double sided oscillum. The oscillum was of archaic design, with a female figure on each side. Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number s.n. See Avellino F., 1843. Descrizione di una casa disotterrata in Pompei negli anni 1832, 1833 e 1834., Napoli, Memorie della R. Acc. Ercolanese III, 1843, Tav V, fig. III.

VII.4.59 Pompeii. Peristyle o, 1840 drawing of two sides of a fragment of a double sided oscillum.

The oscillum was of archaic design, with a female figure on each side.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number s.n.

See Avellino F., 1843. Descrizione di una casa disotterrata in Pompei negli anni 1832, 1833 e 1834., Napoli, Memorie della R. Acc. Ercolanese III, 1843, Tav V, fig. III.

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