VII.7.32 Pompeii. Tempio di Apollo or Temple of Apollo.

Excavated 1817.

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VII.7.32 Pompeii. October 2020.

Looking east along north portico. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. September 2018. North-west exterior corner of cella.

Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. December 2005. North side of podium and cella, from north-west corner.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. October 2023. Looking east along rear exterior north wall, towards Forum. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. August 2021. Looking east along rear exterior north wall, towards Forum.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. September 2018. Looking towards exterior north wall of cella. 

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VII.7.32 Pompeii. September 2018. Looking towards exterior upper north wall of cella at west end.

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VII.7.32 Pompeii. October 2023. Detail of north side of cella, at west end. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. October 2023. Detail of upper west end of north side of cella. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. September 2018. Looking west towards exterior upper north wall of cella.

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VII.7.32 Pompeii. September 2018. Base of cella exterior north wall and pavement.

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VII.7.32 Pompeii. September 2018. North side, looking west.

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VII.7.32 Pompeii. October 2023.

Looking west across north side of rear of temple. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. September 2018. Looking north to capital at north end of podium.

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VII.7.32 Pompeii. September 2018. Detail of capital on podium.

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VII.7.32 Pompeii. September 2018. Detail of capital on podium.

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VII.7.32 Pompeii. September 2018. Detail of capital on podium.

Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. September 2018. Exterior north wall of cella.

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VII.7.32 Pompeii. September 2019. Looking towards north side of podium and cella. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. September 2018. Detail from the north side of the podium base.

Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. May 2018. Foundations on north side. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. September 2018. Detail from the north side of the podium base.

Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

VII.7.32 Pompeii. May 2018. Foundations on north side. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. August 2021. Looking west along north side of podium base.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. August 2021. Detail from north wall of podium base.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. September 2018. Looking west along north side of podium base.

Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. September 2018. Looking east along north side of podium base.

Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. September 2019. Looking east along north side of colonnade. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

Cooke, Cockburn, and Donaldson wrote -

“At the end of the court, opposite the entrance, was a small chamber, which possesses an invaluable picture of Bacchus and Silenus, the former holding the thyrsus in one hand and a vase in the other; Silenus appears with his lyre instructing the god. A small niche is in the wall, apparently for the reception of a statue or lares.”

See Cooke, Cockburn, Donaldson: Pompeii, Pt 1, 1827, (p.55)

According to Garcia y Garcia –

“Because of the bombardment in 1943 there was much damage to the temple: it was hit by two bombs during the night of 13^th September, when the west portico with the demolition of part of the stylobate, four columns and the demolition of an 8m part of the perimeter wall to the west were hit. Hit again by a successive incursion, there followed the demolition of the north-east corner of the portico with fallen and partial loss of the IV Style painted plaster; the felling of part of the north perimeter wall, of four columns from the north portico and of the stylobate that surrounded the temple. The rear room to the north of the portico was completely destroyed. The painting of Bacchus and Silenus is now in the Naples Archaeological Museum.”

This small room, perhaps used by the priest, became to be known as the chamber of Bacchus.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.111-112).

VII.7.32 Pompeii. 1834 painting of the wall of the small room with the painting of Bacchus and Silenus.

Bacchus was holding the thyrsus in one hand and an upended cup in the other; Silenus was playing his lyre for the god.

Mazois could not understand why the artist had drawn a Billy goat rather than the panther seen in the original.

See Mazois, F., 1838. Les Ruines de Pompei : Quatrième Partie. Paris: Didot Frères, p. 39, note (1), pl. XLII.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. c.1832.

Painting by Edmond Chambert, showing wall with central painting of Bacchus and Silenus, from the small room at the rear, opposite the entrance doorway.

See Chambert, E., 1832. Dessins de Pompeia. (p.19).

VII.7.32 Pompeii. c.1817. Watercolour sketch by Chenavard of part of wall decoration with painting of Bacchus and Silenus.

See Chenavard, Antoine-Marie (1787-1883) et al. Voyage d'Italie, croquis Tome 3, pl. 108.

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VII.7.32 Pompeii. c.1819 painting by W. Gell painting of Bacchus and Silenus, from a chamber at the N.E angle of the Temple of Bacchus.

See Gell W & Gandy, J.P: Pompeii published 1819 [Dessins publiés dans l'ouvrage de Sir William Gell et John P. Gandy, Pompeiana: the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompei, 1817-1819], pl. 66.

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VII.7.32 Pompeii. c.1819 sketches by W. Gell, from the chamber of Bacchus.

The lower painting is from the Villa of Diomedes.

See Gell W & Gandy, J.P: Pompeii published 1819 [Dessins publiés dans l'ouvrage de Sir William Gell et John P. Gandy, Pompeiana: the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompei, 1817-1819], pl. 67.

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VII.7.32 Pompeii. c.1819 sketch by W. Gell, from the pilaster in the chamber of Bacchus.

Gell's note says

"The ground is white.

Vases of glass and other materials hung up in this manner are very common ornaments".

See Gell W & Gandy, J.P: Pompeii published 1819 [Dessins publiés dans l'ouvrage de Sir William Gell et John P. Gandy, Pompeiana: the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompei, 1817-1819], pl. 71 verso.

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VII.7.32 Pompeii. Between 1819 and 1832, drawing by W. Gell of a painting seen “In the chamber of Bacchus”.

See Gell, W. Pompeii unpublished [Dessins de l'édition de 1832 donnant le résultat des fouilles post 1819 (?)] vol II, pl. 78.

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VII.7.32 Pompeii. October 2023. Looking west along north portico from east side. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. September 2019. Looking west along north side of colonnade. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. September 2015. Looking west along north side of colonnade.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. September 2018. Looking north to north-east corner of Temple, with doorway leading to VII.7.30.

The small room where the painting of Bacchus and Silenus was found would have been to the left through this doorway.

Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39.

Looking north to statue base, presumably in north-east corner with doorway in rear north wall.

Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 135.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. August 2021.

Looking south from north-east corner along east portico, on left, and west along north portico, on right.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. June 2019. Looking south-west from north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. May 2018. Looking south from north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. October 2023. Looking south along east side from north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. December 2019. Looking south along east side from north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. September 2019.

Looking south along east side of podium, from north-east corner of colonnade.

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. May 2018. Looking south along east side. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking south from north-east corner of podium and cella.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. October 2023.

Looking south along east side of portico colonnade. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking south along east side of colonnade.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. October 2012. Looking south from north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. October 2023.

Looking south along east portico. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.7.32 Pompeii. September 2019.

Looking south from north-east corner of colonnade. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

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