Stabiae, Villa di Arianna or
Villa Arianna or Villa di Varano A.
Excavated 1757-1762, 1777-1778, 1950-1962.
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Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 5, doorway in east wall of room 10.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 5, threshold in doorway, with floor of corridor 8, on left.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, June 2019.
Room
5, detail of threshold, with corridor 8, upper left, and mosaic floor of room
10, lower left. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
According
to the information card –
The
floor of this cubiculum was decorated with a black and white reticulate
geometric mosaic comprising squares alternating with shields; a few elements
were detached in Bourbon times, which are now in the collections of the Naples
National Archaeological Museum and also the British Museum in London.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 5, looking east along north wall of cubiculum from doorway.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, December
2023. Room 5, looking towards north wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of
Miriam Colomer.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, June 2019. Room 5, north wall. Photo
courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, June 2019.
Room 5, detail from east end of north wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz
Ferebee.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 5, looking north-west across floor.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 5, mosaic floor.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, December
2023.
Room 5, looking towards east wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of
Miriam Colomer.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 5, east wall of cubiculum.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, June 2019.
Room 5, east wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 5, black painted zoccolo from east wall in north-east corner.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015.
Room 5, painted seated figure on panel in black zoccolo from east wall.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 5, black painted zoccolo from centre of east wall.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 5, panel from south end of east wall.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, December
2023.
Room 5, detail of panel from south end of east wall. Photo courtesy of
Miriam Colomer.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, June 2019.
Room 5, detail of panel from south end of east wall. Photo
courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, found 24th March 1760. Room 5, composite of two paintings of cupids.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9222.
See Sampaolo V.
and Bragantini I., Eds, 2009. La Pittura Pompeiana. Electa: Verona, p.
466.
See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi, p. 245.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, May 2010.
Room 5, panel from south end of east wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, found 29th March 1760. Room 5, composite of two still life paintings.
On the left is a painting of two wicker baskets with ricotta or vegetables and asparagus.
On the right is a painting of pomegranates and apples in a row on a single shelf.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8719.
According to Grasso, the remains of the white plaster at the sides of these paintings show that they from the architectural views at the side of a central panel.
See Sampaolo V.
and Bragantini I., Eds, 2009. La Pittura Pompeiana. Electa: Verona, p.
468-9.
See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi, p. 245.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, May 2010.
Room 5, looking across mosaic floor towards the south-east corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 5, black painted zoccolo from east wall in south-east corner.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 5, south wall of cubiculum.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 5, south wall.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 5, painted figure in centre of red panel at east end of south wall.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 5, black painted zoccolo at east end of south wall.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 5, black zoccolo from east end of south wall.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 5, central panel on south wall.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 5, detail of figure from central panel of south wall.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 5, black painted zoccolo under central red panel.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 5, painted figure on black painted zoccolo from west end of south wall.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 5, painted black zoccolo at west end of south wall.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 5, west wall of cubiculum, with doorway to Corridor 8, on right.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, June 2019.
Room 5, detail from west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 5, painted panel from south end of west wall.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, June 2019.
Room 5, detail from panel at south end of west wall. Photo
courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, found 24th March 1760. Room 5, seated woman.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8937.
See Sampaolo V.
and Bragantini I., Eds, 2009. La Pittura Pompeiana. Electa: Verona, p.
465.
See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi, p. 245.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 5, black zoccolo from west wall in south-west corner.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015.
Room 5, central panel with a painted foot, the remains of a reclining figure on west wall.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 5, painted black zoccolo below central panel of west wall.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, found in the zoccolo on 29th March 1760.
Room 5, seated woman with arm resting on a silver vase or kantharos.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9641.
According to Grasso, the presence of the border on the right of this picture indicates that it may have been found at the end of a wall, towards the door, to which she has turned her gaze.
See Sampaolo V.
and Bragantini I., Eds, 2009. La Pittura Pompeiana. Electa: Verona, p.
465.
See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi, p. 245.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, found in the zoccolo on 29th March 1760.
Room 5, seated woman, holding a fan-shaped leaf, a typical flabellum (fan).
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8892.
See Sampaolo V.
and Bragantini I., Eds, 2009. La Pittura Pompeiana. Electa: Verona, p.
465.
See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi, p. 245.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, June 2019.
Room 5, detail of panel at north end of west wall, with
doorway to Corridor 8, on right.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015.
Room 5, detail of panel at north end of west wall, with doorway to Corridor 8, on right.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, June 2019.
Room 5, detail of
panel at north end of west wall, near doorway to corridor 8. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
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