VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 14, doorway to cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 14, looking towards south wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 14, medallion painting of Zeus on south wall of cubiculum at east end. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015.
Room 14, wall painting of Leda and the swan in centre panel of south wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Room 14, centre panel of south wall of cubiculum. Wall painting of Leda and the swan.
Sketch of wall painting of Leda and the swan.
See Helbig, W.,
1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv
verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (145).
See Real Museo Borbonico XI (Pl 21)
VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 14, medallion of Diana, on west end of south wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Central wall painting of Danae, now removed to Naples Museum.
(Note: the central painting here shows Leda and the
Swan, which is from the south wall).
Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, inventory
number E.3979-1938.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 14, upper west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 14, detail from upper west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 14, flying cupid from south end of west wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. Room 14, west wall of cubiculum. Wall painting of Danae and the Golden shower of Zeus.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum, inventory number 9549.
See Helbig, W.,
1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv
verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (116).
See Real Museo Borbonico XI (Pl 21).
VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 14, flying cupid from north end of west wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, inventory
number E.3978-1938.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015.
Room 14, medallion with painting of Hermes or Mercury, on north wall of cubiculum at west end. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015.
Room 14, wall painting of Aphrodite fishing, or Venus Pescatrice from centre of north wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Detail of wall painting of Aphrodite fishing, or Venus Pescatrice.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015.
Room 14, medallion with painting of Helios from north wall of cubiculum at east end. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 14, detail from centre of north wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
On the atrium west wall dividing room 14 from 15, on the left in this picture, a painted figure of Autumn was seen.
On the atrium north wall, on the right, a painted figure of Winter was seen.
See Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1986. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 3. Rome: ICCD. (p.130, atrio (2))
See Real Museo Borbonico, XII, Tav. 18.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. Paintings from atrium walls showing Winter from
north wall, on left, and Autumn from west wall, on right.
DAIR.83,138. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut,
Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
See Real Museo Borbonico, XII, Tav. 18.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. Found 1839 and 1840, two feminine flying figures.
According to Zahn – “The figure found in November 1839 in a new
house on the Strada della Fortuna, was painted on a red background, the
clothing was yellow above and white below; the clothing on the left arm was
violet.
The other figure with the fruits and carrying a branch in the
right hand (perhaps this figure represents Summer or Autumn, belonging to the
same house, and was painted on a yellow background.”
See Zahn, W.,
1842-44. Die schönsten Ornamente und merkwürdigsten Gemälde aus Pompeji,
Herkulanum und Stabiae: II. Berlin: Reimer, taf. 8.
VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 15, looking towards west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.