VIII.3.8 Pompeii. House of the Wild Boar or Casa del Cinghiale I.

Excavated 1809, 1819, 1826 & 1837. (Strada dell’Abbondanza 8).

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VIII.3.8 Pompeii. September 2004. East portico of peristyle, looking south.

VIII.3.8 Pompeii. September 2004. Looking south across peristyle, showing drainage channel for rainwater from roof of portico.

VIII.3.8 Pompeii. September 2004. Peristyle, looking west across north portico.

VIII.3.8 Pompeii. September 2004. Peristyle, looking south-west.

According to Jashemski, the large garden was enclosed on all four sides by a portico supported by 14 white fluted columns.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.210)

VIII.3.8 Pompeii. April 1986. Peristyle photographed from VIII.3.4. Photo courtesy of Espen B. Andersson.

VIII.3.8 Pompeii. September 2004. Peristyle, looking south-west.

In the south-west corner of the peristyle was a room with the remains of painted wall decoration.

VIII.3.8 Pompeii. September 2004. Remains of painted wall decoration from south wall of room in south-west corner of peristyle.

VIII.3.8 Pompeii. September 2004. Peristyle, looking south towards the large exedra.

According to Breton -

“two columns were placed on pedestals decorating the entrance to the oecus, where the mosaic paving has only preserved a few remains of the beautiful greek white, black, red and yellow that surrounded it.”

See Breton, Ernest. 1870. Pompeia, Guide de visite a Pompei, 3rd ed. Paris, Guerin, (p.453).

VIII.3.8 Pompeii. September 2004. Looking north-east across peristyle, from large exedra.

On the right can be seen one of two columns that decorated the entrance doorway from peristyle to exedra.

According to Jashemski, from the spacious exedra at the rear of the garden, its entrance framed by 2 columns, there was an impressive view over the entire length of the garden. 

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.210)

VIII.3.8 Pompeii. September 2004. Looking north-west across peristyle, from large exedra.

On the left can be seen the second of the columns that decorated the entrance doorway from peristyle to exedra.

VIII.3.8 Pompeii. Mosaic of ducks and flowers found 24th April 1819.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9983.

According to the information card –

Mosaic emblema in opus vermiculatum made from polychrome tesserae.

A small mosaic with a Nilotic theme depicting four ducks swimming among water lilies and other aquatic plants. (First half of the Ist century BC.)

(Anatre.

Emblema pavimentale a mosaico di tessere policrome.

Quadretto a soggetto nilotico con quattro anatre che nuotano tra ninfee e piante acquatiche. Prima metà del I secolo a.C.)

Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella. September 2024.

VIII.3.8 Pompeii. Mosaic of ducks and flowers found 24th April 1819.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9983.

This mosaic was found in one of the rooms that were being cleared in the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Calabria.

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi. (p.119)

See Fiorelli G., 1862. Pompeianarum antiquitatum historia, Vol. 2: 1819 - 1860, Naples, p. 5.

VIII.3.8 Pompeii. 1968. Mosaic of ducks and flowers, found 24th April 1819.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9983.

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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VIII.3.8 Pompeii. December 2023. Looking north across east side of peristyle. Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.

VIII.3.8 Pompeii. December 2023. Looking north-west across peristyle from south-east corner. Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.

VIII.3.8 Pompeii. December 2023.

Detail of column on east side of peristyle. Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.

VIII.3.8 or VIII.5.28?

The following five photos are a mystery, and so have been included here in VIII.3.8.

They may be of a wall in a room on the east side of the peristyle, described by PPM, as room 17.

Similarly, they have also been included in VIII.5.28.

Pompeii. Between 1819 and 1832, sketch by W. Gell described by him as -

“Side of the red chamber Street of (or South of) Forum.

This was excavated about February. The red was changed to brown before September 1819.”

See Gell, W. Pompeii unpublished [Dessins de l'édition de 1832 donnant le résultat des fouilles post 1819 (?)] vol II, pl. 45.

Bibliothèque de l'Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, collections Jacques Doucet, Identifiant numérique Num MS180 (2).

See book in INHA Use Etalab Licence Ouverte

According to PAH (1819) –

See Fiorelli G., 1862. Pompeianarum antiquitatum historia, Vol. 2: 1819 - 1860, Naples, (p.1)

13th January 1819.

There are already two rooms following to the one, which was recovered in the presence of the Prince and Princess of Salerno, and really the one that proved to be a pharmacy, as well as two small side rooms to the same. 

(Note: the mention of the “pharmacy” may mean VIII.3.10).

Gell wrote of VIII.3.10 – “once supposed by the custodi to have been that of an apothecary, see Pompeiana, p.7).

See Fiorelli G., 1862. Pompeianarum antiquitatum historia, Vol. 2: 1819 - 1860, Naples, (p.2)

Continuation of entry for 26th January 1819 with list of finds.

See Fiorelli G., 1862. Pompeianarum antiquitatum historia, Vol. 2: 1819 - 1860, Naples, (p.3)

13th February 1819 –

In the past week, the site where the latest research has taken place has continued, and already four other small rooms have been prepared, and we continue to excavate to set up other rooms.  In one of the said rooms were found two broken terracotta vases filled with lime.

6th March 1819 –

In cleaning the courtyard of the house next to the one that was looked at in the presence of Archduke Palatine, and really where two other rooms were sought, a mosaic floor had shown itself, divided up by a black and white edge, and with a border around it that figured walls of a city with the corresponding towers.

According to Gell in Pompeiana –

“The Plate No. V. is taken from the wall of an apartment in this quarter and is given principally on account of the practicability of its application to modern decoration. It might make a beautiful library, with a mirror in the centre, vases arranged on the top, and maps to be drawn down from the frieze: books might occupy the space under the red curtains, and archives etc., the base.”

See Gell, W, 1832. Pompeiana: Vol 1. London: Jennings and Chaplin, (p. 7, and Pl. V).

Pompeii. 19th century drawing of part of a wall, by Jean-Baptiste Ciceron Lesueur.

See Lesueur, Jean-Baptiste Ciceron. Voyage en Italie de Jean-Baptiste Ciceron Lesueur (1794-1883), pl. 90.

See Book on INHA reference INHA NUM PC 15469 (04)  « Licence Ouverte / Open Licence » Etalab

Pompeii. 1882. Decoration on wall in a cubiculum drawn by A. Sikkard.

According to Mau –

“After Mazois:  wall decoration no longer visible from a house in the neighbourhood of the Temple of Fortuna”.

See Mau, A. 1882. Geschichte der Decorativen Wandmalerei in Pompeji. Berlin: Reimer, Taf. 10b.

According to Gell, this was from a house in the Street of (or South of) the Forum.

Pompeii. c.1838. Painting of a wall of a room.

According to Mazois –

La Planche XXVI offre une peinture murale trouvée dans une maison de ce quartier. Sir William Gell, Qui la copie sans la colorier et en y faisant quelques changements, licence que nous nous sommes gardé d'imiter, s'exprime ainsi ; "On donne ici ce dessin à cause de son application facile a la décoration moderne. On pourrait établir sur ce plan une belle bibliothèque etc.".

Plate XXVI offers a wall painting found in a house in this neighbourhood [near Temple of Fortuna]. Sir William Gell, who copies it without colouring it and making some changes to it, a license which we have been careful not to imitate, expresses himself thus:

"This drawing is given here because of its easy application to modern decoration.

A fine library, etc., could be established on this plan.”

See Mazois, F., 1838. Les Ruines de Pompei : Quatrième Partie. Paris : Didot Frères, Pl. XXVI.

Pompeia. 1821 painting of wall by Prosper Barbot.

From an album P. BARBOT. Voyage d'architecture en Italie. 1820-1822. Naples du 3 mai au 19 juin 1821, Folio 63.

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