IX.2.18 Pompeii. House of Curvius Marcellus and the Fabia.
Excavated 1870.
IX.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, tablinum, looking west to garden area.
IX.2.18 Pompeii. Old undated photograph of room 5, tablinum, looking into garden area.
This old photograph shows the three painted walls: in the middle of the south wall was Ares enthroned, flanked on the east side panel by a vignette of a flying figure.
This probably was repeated by the panel on the west side, but which was incomplete at that place.
In the west wall, the panels on either side of the doorway to the garden area showed a vignette of a flying cupid.
On the north wall, there were panels with vignettes of flying figures. In the centre of the north wall would have been a large gap.
See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.2. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.97.), p. 178.
IX.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, north wall of tablinum.
The zoccolo would have been red, the side panels would have been yellow and showed a slight trace of a flying figure, see Sogliano 823.
The large gap in the middle of the wall would have been made in ancient times and would account for the loss of the entire middle panel and part of the red zoccolo.
See
Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1986. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 3. Rome: ICCD. (p.420)
See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: Giannini. (p. 158, no: 823).
IX.2.18 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.
Room 5, north wall of tablinum, and part of the west wall leading to garden area.
See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.2. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.100.), p. 180.
IX.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, south wall of tablinum.
In the middle of the wall on a red background, the painting of Ares enthroned was completely faded.
He was painted with a golden helmet on his head and dark red cloak, a lance in his left hand, and shield on the ground.
On the east side, the yellow panel showed traces of a flying figure.
See
Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1986. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 3. Rome: ICCD. (p.420)
See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: Giannini. (p.31, no.124).
IX.2.18 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking west through tablinum to garden area.
In the west wall on either side of the doorway, the zoccolo would have been red of a geometric type with rectangular decorations.
In the centre of the yellow panels of the middle zone would have been a vignette of a flying cupid.
North of the doorway would have been a flying cupid holding up a vase/pot on her shoulder (See Sogliano, 318).
South of the doorway would have been a flying cupid holding a pyx or a box (See Sogliano, 312).
See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: Giannini. (p. 58/9, nos. 312 and 318).
IX.2.18 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.
Looking across atrium towards the north side of the tablinum, on left.
On the right is the corridor 13 from the atrium to the garden area.
IX.2.18 Pompeii. Old undated photograph of room 5, tablinum, looking into garden area.
This old photograph shows the two flying cupids at the sides of the doorway to the garden.
On the right is a corridor 13 from the atrium to the garden.
IX.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 6, cubiculum, looking south.
On the right of the doorway is the terracotta mouth of the well built into masonry brickwork.
IX.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, south-west corner of cubiculum.
IX.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, north wall of cubiculum.
The zoccolo was faded, whilst the red panels in the middle zone were outlined in very fine guide lines and separated by a narrow band.
IX.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 11, looking north-west across garden area.
IX.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 7, cubiculum.
IX.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, south wall of cubiculum.
IX.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 11, garden area. Looking west along the south portico, towards kitchen area.
On the right are the doorway and window of the cubiculum or triclinium, room 10.
IX.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 11, garden area. Looking west along the south wall of the portico.
IX.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 8, kitchen.
IX.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 8, kitchen, looking south.
IX.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 8, kitchen. Masonry hearth, and remains of latrine against the south wall.
IX.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 9, latrine, in south-west corner of kitchen.
IX.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 8, kitchen. Looking towards north end, possibly a storeroom.