VII .15.2 Pompeii. Casa del Marinaio or Casa
di Niobe or Casa del Gallo.
Linked to VII .15.1 and VII .15.16. Excavated c.1859 and 1871.
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VII.15.2 Pompeii. May 2018. Doorways to rooms on west side of atrium.
On the extreme left are two doorways connecting to the atrium of VII.15.1, and on the right is a doorway to a cubiculum.
Seen on the pilaster, to the left, would have been “Summer”.
On the centre pilaster, but now completely devoid of plaster, would have been “Autumn”.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
According to PPM -
“Already in the excavation
reports it was stated that one of the figures of the Seasons was completely
destroyed, in particular “Autumn” was missing, which would have to have been found
on the north side of the west wall between the doorways to the secondary atrium
and the cubiculum.”
See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici: Vol. VII. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, (p.714).
VII.15.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to bedroom/cubiculum on west side of atrium.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. May 2018.
Looking west through doorway to cubiculum in north-west
corner of atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. September 2017.
Looking west through doorway to cubiculum in north-west corner of atrium.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. November 2017.
Looking west through doorway to cubiculum in
north-west corner of atrium.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. November 2017. Looking
west across floor mosaic towards bed recess.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. November 2017. Looking
west across cubiculum towards bed recess.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. May 2018. Looking west across flooring. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Bedroom on west side of atrium with bed platform.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. September 2005. Mosaic floor of bedroom on west side of atrium.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. September 2005. Bedroom on west side of atrium with raised bed platform.
The front edge is covered with a strip of white veined marble.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. May 2018.
Cubiculum on west side of atrium, detail of mosaic flooring with a pattern of squares and triangles bordered with a garland of ivy.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Bedroom on west side of atrium.
Floor mosaic with a pattern of squares and triangles bordered with a garland of ivy.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. c.1930. Mosaic floor from cubiculum/bedroom on west
side of atrium.
DAIR 41.675. 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, (described as cubiculum “k”, see tav.
27.4.)
VII.15.2 Pompeii. September 2005. Doorways on west side of atrium, looking south.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. May 2018.West side of atrium, with doorway to cubiculum, on left, and west ala, in centre.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
According to Sogliano, seen in the west ala –
“A crowned cupid,
and with green wings, playing the flute, leaning on a dolphin, throwing him
into the sea.” (Evanescent)
(Eros coronato
e con ali verde, suonante il flauto, appoggiato ad un delfino, che si precipita
nel mare. (Evanescente)
(Bull.Inst,
1872, p.173, Fiorelli, Scavi di Pompei, p.124, no.199; Descr.Pomp,
(p.305).
See Sogliano, A.,
1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: Giannini. (p.62, no.355).
“Robust figure of a God, standing, turn to the left, and, apparently, naked: leaning with the left hand onto a trunk of a bare tree that forks into two branches, and in the right hand has something like a disc or globe, which you can not recognize with confidence.”
(Robusta
figura di un Dio in piedi, volta a sinistra, e, a quel che pare, nuda: si
appoggia con la sinistra a un tronco di albero sfrondato che si biforca in due
rami, e nella destra ha come un disco o globo, che non si puo riconoscere con
sicurezza.) (Bull.Inst,
1872, p.173)
See Sogliano, A.,
1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: Giannini. (p.127, no.619)
“Traces of female figure on foot, with a branch in her left hand.”
(Tracce di
figura muliebre in piedi con ramo (?) nel braccio sinistra.)
(Bull.Inst,
1872, p.173)
See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: Giannini. (p.127, no.620)
According to PPM –
“In the centre of the west wall was located a female figure with a branch in her left hand, while in the north panel was a medallion with blue background”.
See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici: Vol. VII. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, (p.730).
VII.15.2 Pompeii. September
2017. Looking towards west ala. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Ala on west side of atrium.
The zoccolo would have been painted red, with panels separated by narrow partitions with a diamond shape.
The middle zone of the walls had a white background.
This west ala was not found in such a good condition, as the east ala had been found.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. May 2018. South wall of west ala. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. May 2018. West wall in north-west corner of west ala. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. November 2017.
Looking towards north-west corner and north wall of west ala.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. May 2018. Looking towards north wall of west ala. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. November 2017. Looking north-west across
flooring in west ala.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. May 2018. Detail of black and white mosaic flooring from south-east corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking west across white
floor mosaic with black border in ala on west side of atrium.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Solid white floor mosaic with black border in ala on west side of atrium.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. September 2005. Floor mosaic in ala on west side of atrium.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. November 2017. Looking south-east across atrium
from outside west ala.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking north to doorway to room on west side of tablinum.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. September 2005. Doorway to oecus/triclinium on west side of tablinum.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. Drawing by Geremia Discanno, 1872, of painting seen in oecus/triclinium on west side of tablinum.
The painting showed the punishment of Acteon
See Sogliano, A.,
1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte
negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: Giannini, p.129, no.116.
See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza
Archeologica (DAIR), 1872, p.174,
See Fiorelli, Scav.di Pompei, p.113, n.79, and
Descrizione Pompei, p.306.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 800.
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VII.15.2 Pompeii. May 2018. Looking north across room on west side of tablinum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. Drawing by Geremia Discanno, of figure of comic actor, (top left) a painting seen in oecus/triclinium on west side of tablinum.
The other drawings are paintings from the walls of the triclinium on east side of tablinum.
According to Sogliano, the figure was seen on a red background.
“An actor with a
mask on his face, long white robe and upside-down pedum in the left hand: he
brings his right hand to his mouth in a very characteristic attitude of a man
who is speaking. Good
execution.”
(Un attore con
maschera sul volto, lunga veste bianca e pedum capovolto nella sinistra: egli
avvicina la destra alla bocca in atteggiamento assai caratteristica d’un uomo che parla. Esecuzione buona.)
See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli:
Giannini, p.133, no.650.
See Bullettino dell’Instituto di
Corrispondenza Archeologica (DAIR), 1872,
p.239,
See Fiorelli, Scav.di
Pompei, p.147, n.420, and Descrizione Pompei, p.306.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 787.
Photo © ICCD. https://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.15.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Oecus/triclinium on west side of tablinum with remains of white mosaic floor.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. May 2018.
Looking through doorway towards west side of south portico overlooking the garden on a slightly lower level.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. May 2018. Looking towards west wall of tablinum, from atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. May 2018. Tablinum, west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. October 2022.
Painting of Narcissus and Eros from the tablinum, found in pieces and restored.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese, photographed at an exhibition in the Palaestra.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. Photographed in the Antiquarium in 1970.
From tablinum. Painting of Narcissus and Eros.
Narcissus wears a crown of ivy and is naked apart from a red cloak.
Leaning on his left hand he is looking at the very clear image mirrored in the water.
On his right thigh sits Eros also looking at the image in the water.
According to Sogliano, this was found in pieces and restored.
SAP inventory number 20877.
See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli
anni 1867-79. Napoli:
Giannini, p.118, no.590.
See Garcia y
Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a
Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider, p. 185, fig. 429.
According to GdS
– 16 April 1872 –
Nell’isoletta XV,
e propriamente nella parte interna della
seconda casa sul lato settentrionale del vicolo del gallo si era sterrato un
dipinto a fresco, caduto sul pavimento del tablino, la cui parete sinistra ora
abbattuta ne era anticamente decorata. Dai frammenti diligentemente raccolti e
messi insieme risultala figura di Narciso coronato e sedente sopra un masso,
che si specchia nel fonte, e sostiene un Amorino sulla gamba dritta, cui era
poggiato il venabulo.
(In
insula XV, and really
in the inner part of the second house on the northern side of the Vicolo del
Gallo, a fresco painting had been excavated, fallen down onto the floor of the
tablinum, whose left wall was now fallen but once had been decorated. From the
fragments diligently collected and put together resulted the figure of
Narcissus crowned and seated upon a boulder, which is mirrored in the spring/fountain,
and has a Cupid supported by his right leg, against which rested his hunting
spear.)
See Giornale
degli Scavi, 1872, April, 16, (p.420).
VII.15.2 Pompeii. May 2018. Looking north-west across decorative flooring in tablinum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. May 2018. Looking north from atrium towards tablinum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking north across mosaic in
tablinum.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. November 2017. Looking north across mosaic in
tablinum.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking north towards tablinum.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking north across tablinum.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Mosaic floor in tablinum.
This was bordered by a pattern of squares and diamonds in black and white.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. May 2018. Detail from tablinum flooring. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Detail of mosaic floor in tablinum, showing a Hellenistic rosette with a white ground.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. September 2005. Detail of mosaic floor in tablinum.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. c.1930. Detail of mosaic floor in tablinum.
DAIR 41.677. 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, (taf.
27.6.)
VII.15.2 Pompeii. May 2018. Looking towards east wall of tablinum, from atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.15.2 Pompeii.
2017/2018/2019.
Looking south across tablinum
towards atrium, mosaic flooring with central emblema. Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. May 2018. North end of tablinum, with large step to south portico. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. May 2018.
Looking north-east from tablinum onto south portico, with Vesuvius hidden in the clouds. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.15.2 Pompeii. May 2018. Column supporting the south portico, with remains of white painted stucco.
The lower part of the column would have been painted black. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
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