Oplontis. Villa di Poppea or Villa of Poppea or Villa Poppaea or Oplontis Villa A.
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Room 8: Caldarium
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, doorway, looking south from room 18.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2022. Room 8, looking towards north wall and north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, north wall from room 16.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, north wall.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2017.
Room 8, north wall with central painting of a sacred grove with a large tree growing around a column decorated with a yellow fillet
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2011.
Room 8, central painting of a sacred grove with a large tree growing around a column decorated with a yellow fillet
from the north wall of caldarium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, zoccolo on west end of north wall below
central painting.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, remains of painting on zoccolo at east end
of north wall below central painting.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, east end of upper north wall.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2022. Room 8, looking towards east walls. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, January 2023.
Room 8,
looking across flooring towards north and east walls.
Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.
Foto
Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis
Villa of Poppea, September 2017. Room 8, looking east across flooring.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis
Villa of Poppea, October 2023.
Room
8, looking towards east wall with recess. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2020.
Room 8, east wall with recess. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September
2017. Room 8, looking towards east wall.
Foto
Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, east wall with recess.
Secondo a Carlo
Malandrino - (insieme agli ambienti 18 and 31 formava il complesso termale
della casa).
Ha il pavimento
con sospensurae e le pareti concamerate per il passaggio dell’aria calda
proveniente dalla vicina cucina.
Le pareti sono
dipinte in III stile. Nella nicchia di fondo, il quadro rappresenta Ercole nerl
giardino delle Esperidi.
Al disopra del
quadro e sul succielo del rincasso sono dipinte delle preziose miniature
paesaggistiche e mitologiche.
See Malandrino,
Carlo, 1978. “Oplontis”, (p.71-2,
vedi 16,17 e 18)
(translation: Together with rooms 18 and 31 these formed
the thermal (baths)complex of the House).
With suspended floor and walls recessed for the passage
of warm air coming from the nearby kitchen.
The walls are painted in III style. In the rear niche
Hercules is represented in the garden of the Hesperides.
Above the picture and on the ceiling recess, precious
miniatures of landscapes and mythological subjects are painted.
See Malandrino, Carlo, 1978. “Oplontis” (p.71-2, see rooms 16, 17 and 18 on his plan)
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2011.
Room 8, east wall, line of upper ceiling with plaster being re-attached. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, January 2023.
Room 8, looking towards the east wall with large recess.
Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2022.
Room 8, looking towards the east wall with large recess, and mythological painting of Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2017.
Room 8, looking towards the east wall with large recess, and mythological painting of Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis, Villa of Poppea, October 2001.
Room 8, the caldarium, looking towards the east wall with large recess, and mythological painting of Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides.
Photo courtesy of Peter Woods
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, 1973.
Room 8,
caldarium. Wall painting of Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides. 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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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2020.
Room 8, wall painting of Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides in recess on the east wall of the caldarium.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September
2017.
Room 8, wall painting of Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides in recess on the east wall of the caldarium.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2011.
Room 8, wall painting of Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides in recess on the east wall of the caldarium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis, Villa of Poppea, October 2001.
Detail from wall painting of Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, 1973.
Room 8, detail
from painting of Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides. 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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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2011.
Room 8, detail of Hercules from wall painting in recess on east wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2017.
Room 8, detail of Hercules from wall painting in recess on east wall.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, detail of ceiling and upper east wall in
recess.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2023. Room 8, painted upper east
wall in recess.
In the centre is a painting of a poet playing the lyre. On either side of him are painted peacocks.
Below them are painted panels of scenes and landscapes taken from daily life. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2017. Room 8, detail of painting of a poet playing the lyre from upper centre of east wall.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2011.
Room 8, painted upper centre of east wall with painting of a poet playing the lyre. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2022. Room 8, detail from upper north end of recess in east wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Beneath the painted peacock is a panel which shows two men absorbed in their woodwork, whilst a third man is shaking a tree/bush in order to make the fruits fall off.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2017. Room 8, detail from painted upper east wall at north end.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2022.
Room 8, painted upper centre of east wall with painting of a poet playing the lyre. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2022. Room 8, painted upper east wall at south end of recess.
Beneath the painted peacock is a panel which maybe shows a man making a sacrifice on an altar, watched by a woman and a boy.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2017. Room 8, detail from painted upper east wall at south end.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, ceiling in recess at east end of room.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2011.
Room 8, painting from the north end panel of the ceiling of the recess, showing a young woman possibly a priestess wearing the peplum.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2011.
Room 8, painting from the centre panel of the ceiling of the recess, showing a Nereid riding a hippocampus. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2011.
Room 8, painting from the south end panel of the ceiling of the recess. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, north end of recess in east wall.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, detail of upper north wall in recess.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, south end of recess in east wall.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2011. Room 8, detail from upper south wall of recess. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, flooring in recess in east wall.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, looking north-west across flooring.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, looking south-west across flooring.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, south wall.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, detail from south wall.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, detail from south wall.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, south wall from room 16.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2022.
Room 8, detail of remaining vaulted ceiling on south wall in south-east corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, looking south-east from room 16.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, south-west corner, and room 16, on right.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, flooring in recess, leading to room 16.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, detail of upper west wall in recess.
Secondo a Carlo Malandrino -
In questo
ambiente so possono rilevare ben tre stadi di modifiche, nel corso del secondo
fu construita un’abside nella parete occidentale (parte in laterizi) ed in
quell’occasione, per dare piu spazio a questa nuova opera, fu ristretto
simmetricamente l’ambulacro dell’atriolo antistante.
Successivamente,
tagliando la muratura dell’abside, fu aperta l’attuale porta.
See Malandrino,
Carlo, 1978. “Oplontis” (p.72 vedi
16)
(translation: In this
room, three stages of changes can be detected, in the course of the second an
apse was built in the western wall (partly in brick) and on that occasion, to
give more space to this new area, the walkway of the atriolo (small hall) was
restricted symmetrically. Later, cutting the wall of the apse, the actual
doorway was opened.)
See Malandrino, Carlo, 1978. “Oplontis” (p.72, see room 16)
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, detail of upper west wall.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, west wall in north-west corner.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, north-west corner, and doorway to room 18.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 8, looking south-east across flooring.
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