VII .16.22 Pompeii. Casa di Fabio Rufo or House of M Fabius Rufus.
Linked to VII .16.17,
VII .16.20 and VII .16.21.
Shown as number 19 on Eschebach site plan.
VII.16.22 Pompeii. October 2018. Mosaic doorway
threshold, from the corridor 63 into the room 64.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. December 2007. Detail of floor mosaic in door threshold, from the corridor 63 into the room 64.
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 64, looking towards north wall with IV style decoration.
On the left is the doorway from corridor 63.
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. December 2007.
Room 64, wall painting of Diana and Actaeon, or Venus at her bath watched by an old Silenus, from centre of north wall.
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 64, north-east corner.
VII.16.22 Pompeii. October 2018.
Room 64, looking towards east wall,
south-east corner and south wall.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 64, east wall with wall painting of Narcissus.
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 64, central wall painting of Narcissus, from the east wall.
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 64, painted wall panel of figs and dates, from south end of east wall.
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 64, south-east corner, with remains of medallion on south wall.
VII.16.22 Pompeii. October 2018.
Room 64, south wall, with (modern) steps into room 67.
Foto
Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.16.22 Pompeii. October 2018. Room 67,
looking east across doorway threshold towards corridor 66.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.16.22 Pompeii. October 2018. Room 74, looking east towards steps up to anteroom 72, and
steps 73 down to lower floor.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Looking east towards steps and walls (area 73, steps leading to floor below).
This is shown in front of anteroom 72 and to doorway to cubiculum 71, on left, and corridor 76 with steps to upper floor, on right.
VII.16.22 Pompeii. October 2018. Room 72,
detail of mosaic threshold in anteroom. Looking east.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.16.22 Pompeii. October 2018. Looking east into cubiculum.
East wall concealing hidden wall with a painting of a woman standing in a doorway.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking east into cubiculum.
East wall concealing hidden wall with a painting of a woman standing in a doorway.
VII.16.22 Pompeii. October 2018. Detail of painted east wall of cubiculum, built in front of and concealing a hidden wall.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. December 2007. Painted east wall of cubiculum, built in front of and concealing a hidden wall.
The figure is variously interpreted as an actress, Venus and most recently as Cleopatra.
The rear wall was painted in II style, the front wall was painted in IV style, possibly part of a modernisation in ancient times.
According to Winsor Leach, “although, she has been called Venus she is more likely to be an actress, probably a mimic actress, representing a human character impelled by passion about to make her entrance on stage……
But the small enclosure that houses the Pompeian painting contains a singular and puzzling construction.
Standing before the figured background and apparently installed at a later date, is a blocking screen wall painted with a central aedicula, but lacking human figures.
To all appearances this wall has been constructed with the deliberate purpose of concealing the dramatic representation without the act of destroying it.
Did the owners lose patience with the actress who never acted?”
See Winsor Leach, E., 2004. The Social Life of Painting in Ancient Rome and on the Bay of Naples. Cambridge UK: Cambridge UP.
See Walker, S., 2008. Cleopatra in Pompeii? London: British School at Rome at The British Academy, (p.35-46), in Papers of the British School at Rome, 2008.
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. May 2012.
Looking towards east wall of cubiculum, concealing hidden wall with a painting of a woman standing in a doorway.
Photo courtesy of Marina Fuxa.
VII.16.22 Pompeii. October 2018. Looking
towards east wall of cubiculum, concealing a hidden wall.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. May 2012.
Detail of woman standing in doorway in centre of concealed wall. Photo courtesy of Marina Fuxa.
VII.16.22 Pompeii. October 2018.
Looking towards south wall.
Foto
Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. May 2012. Detail of remains of wall plaster. Photo courtesy of Marina Fuxa.
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. May 2012. Detail of remains of painted wall plaster. Photo courtesy of Marina Fuxa.
VII.16.22 Pompeii. October 2018. Area 73,
looking south down steps to lower floor.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.16.22
Pompeii. October 2018. Room 74, looking west from area 73, steps to lower
floor.
Foto
Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.16.22 Pompeii. October 2018. Room 74,
looking east across flooring.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.16.22 Pompeii. October 2018. Room 74,
painted decoration on south wall at east end.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.16.22 Pompeii. October 2018. Room 74,
painted decoration on south wall in south-west corner, with window overlooking
garden.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.16.22 Pompeii. October 2018. Room 74,
detail from south wall.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.16.22 Pompeii. October 2018. Room 74,
doorway in north wall into room 75.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.16.22 Pompeii. October 2018. Room 75,
window overlooking garden in west wall.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.16.22 Pompeii. October 2018. Room 75,
looking across flooring towards east wall.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.16.22 Pompeii. October 2018. Room 75,
with window in east wall into room 67.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.