VII .1.40 Pompeii. Domus M. Caesi Blandi or Casa di
Marte e Venere
or House of Mars and Venus. Rear entrance at VII .1.43.
Excavated 1848 and 1862. (Strada degli Augustali 22).
VII.1.40 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking towards entrance doorway on south side of Via degli Augustali. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.1.40 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance.
VII.1.40 Pompeii. May 2017. Grooves in threshold for door-frame, east side. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.1.40 Pompeii. May 2017. Grooves in threshold for door-frame, west side. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.1.40 Pompeii. December 2018.
Black and white mosaic in entrance vestibule/corridor.
Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VII.1.40 Pompeii. May 2017.
Black and white mosaic in entrance vestibule/corridor. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.1.40 Pompeii.
May 2005. Mosaic in entrance corridor.
VII.1.40 Pompeii.
December 2004. Mosaic in entrance corridor.
VII.1.40 Pompeii. May 2017. North end of black and white mosaic, near entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.1.40 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Looking north along entrance corridor mosaic towards entrance doorway.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 301.
VII.1.40
Pompeii. c.1930. Looking north along entrance corridor mosaic towards doorway.
See Blake,
M., (1930). The pavements of the Roman Buildings of the Republic and Early
Empire. Rome, MAAR, 8, (p, 76, 85,106, & 121, & Pl.26, tav 2).
VII.1.40 Pompeii. May 2017. East wall of vestibule/entrance corridor.
The painted decoration has completely faded other than the red background to the middle zone and a black zoccolo/dado on the lower area.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.1.40 Pompeii. May 2017.
West wall of vestibule/entrance corridor, with remains of painted wall decoration with red middle zone and black lower zoccolo.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.1.40 Pompeii. May 2017. South end of mosaic, with threshold adjoining the floor of the atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.1.40 Pompeii. December 2018. Detail of south end of
mosaic in entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VII.1.40 Pompeii. 1959. South end of mosaic in entrance corridor near atrium. 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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VII.1.40 Pompeii, June 2019. Looking south across atrium from entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.1.40 Pompeii, December 2018.
Looking south across
atrium towards tablinum from entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VII.1.40 Pompeii, September 2017.
Looking south across atrium from entrance doorway, through tablinum towards peristyle. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.1.40 Pompeii. September 2019. Detail of doorway threshold
between entrance corridor and atrium.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.1.40 Pompeii. September 2017.
South end of mosaic, with threshold adjoining the floor of the atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.1.40 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail of bird using polychrome mosaic. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.1.40 or 42 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. South end of mosaic, detail of bird.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 303.
VII.1.40 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking into atrium from VII.1.41.
Looking towards the east side of the atrium, with doorway to room 13 with steps to baths area, in centre, and tablinum 11, on right.
VII.1.40 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Looking across impluvium in atrium towards north-east corner.
On the left is the doorway to room 6, in the centre is the doorway to room 8, on the right is room 7.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1754.
VII.1.40 Pompeii. September 2019.
North-east corner of atrium, with doorway to room 6, on left, and
room 8, on right.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.1.40 Pompeii. September 2019.
North-east corner of atrium, with niche in east wall, near doorway
to room 8.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.1.40 Pompeii. September 2019. Niche in east wall of atrium.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.1.40 Pompeii. September 2019. Detail of niche in north-east
corner of atrium.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
See Carratelli,
G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e
Mosaici. VI. (6). Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, (p. 388, no.20).