VII.14.5 Pompeii. Casa del Cambio or Casa del Banchiere or Casa della Regina d’Inghilterra.
(Strada dell’Abbondanza 40)
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VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 12.
This was the only room in the house in which three paintings were found, but they were described as “nearly vanished” even in 1875.
They were mythological paintings, amongst which only Theseus and Ariadne, and Io and Argo, were recorded.
VII.14.5 Pompeii. Drawing by Giuseppe Abbate, 1842, of painting showing Theseus and Ariadne.
This painting was left in situ in room 12 and has now completely disappeared.
See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, (1221).
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 766.
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VII.14.5 Pompeii. Drawing by Giuseppe Abbate, 1842, of painting showing Io and Argo.
This painting was left in situ in room 12 and has now completely disappeared.
See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, (134).
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 765.
Photo © ICCD. http://www.catalogo.beniculturali.it
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- Non commerciale - Condividi allo stesso modo 2.5 Italia (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 IT)
VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 12, south wall.
The wall appears to show a colourless zoccolo, which was divided into three by red stripes: in the middle red zone it seems to show a central aedicola between two panels: the upper zone was painted white.
According to Fiorelli,
Sull’opposto
lato dell’ambulacro, a sinistra uscendo, dall’atrio, esistono tre celle
familiari: la prima decorata con tre quadretti quasi svaniti, in cui si
riconoscono gli avanzi di una rappresentazione di Teseo, che per l’ultima volta
rimira Arianna addormentata, e quella di Io ed Argo, nella consueta attitudine
del piede poggiato sul sasso: la seconda ha tre quadretti con pesci e
paesaggio; la terza mostra nelle pareti varii
uccelli, ed un tegame di terracotta in cui sembra riposto qualche commestibili.
Fra le due ultime
celle trovasi l’ingresso alla cucina.........
(trans. "On the opposite side of the walkway, going down to the left from the atrium, there are three family rooms: the first decorated with three paintings, faded and nearly vanished, in which were recognized the remains of a representation of Theseus, which for the last time gazed at Ariadne asleep, and that of Io and Argo, in the usual attitude of the foot resting on the stone: the second had three paintings with fish and landscape; the third shows in the walls various painted birds, and an earthenware pan in which some foodstuffs seemed to have been placed.
Between the two last rooms, you find the entrance to the kitchen......... "
See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.116).
VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 13.
This is the room, as described by Fiorelli, “the second had three paintings with fish and landscape” (la seconda ha tre quadretti con pesci e paesaggio).
See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.116).
VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, east wall.
VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, south wall with remaining painted plaster.
The wall would have been painted in the IV Style, with red panels framed by “carpet” borders and two parallel lines.
The borders would have been separated by architectural decoration which showed, according to Fiorelli, three paintings with fish and landscape.
No trace of these paintings survives on the south wall.
VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, west wall.
VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, north-west corner.
VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 15, corridor leading to kitchen area, looking south.
VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 14.
This is the room, as described by Fiorelli, “the third showed in the walls various painted birds, and an earthenware pan in which some foodstuffs seemed to have been placed.” (la terza mostra nelle pareti vari uccelli, ed un tegame di terracotta in cui sembra riposto qualche commestibili.)
See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.116).
VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 14, south wall.
VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 14, west wall with window to Vicolo della Maschera.
According to PPM, in the west wall on the white middle zone, a panel was preserved (1979) showing birds.
See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici. Vol. VII.
Roma: Istituto della
enciclopedia italiana. (p.680, no. 38).
VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance doorway of VII.14.18, looking north-west.
VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance doorway of VII.14.18, looking south-west.
VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 15, corridor leading south to kitchen area, with threshold or sill.
VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 15, corridor leading south to kitchen area.
VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 16, looking east, and at upper floor.
VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 16 room with two entrances.
VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 16.
VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 16, masonry remains.
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