VII.4.48 Pompeii. Casa della Caccia Antica or House of the Ancient Hunt

or House of the Hunt or House of the Wild Boar.

Linked to VII.4.43.

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VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 14, doorway to cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 14, cubiculum.

VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 14, looking towards south wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 14, south wall of cubiculum. Partially destroyed wall painting of Zeus, on left.

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. December 2007. Room 14, south wall of cubiculum at east end. Detail of medallion painting of Zeus.

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.

VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007.

Room 14, centre panel of south wall of cubiculum. Wall painting of Leda and the swan.

VII.4.48 Pompeii. About 1835.  Room 14, centre panel of south wall of cubiculum.

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.

VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 14, south wall of cubiculum. Wall painting of Diana.

VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 14, west wall of cubiculum. 

Central wall painting of Danae, now removed to Naples Museum.

VII.4.48 Pompeii. c.1840. Room 14, looking towards west wall of cubiculum, painted by James William Wild.

(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. December 2007. Room 14, west wall of cubiculum. Wall painting of a winged cupid.

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.

VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 14, west wall of cubiculum. Wall painting of a winged cupid.

VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 14, north wall of cubiculum. Centre painting of Aphrodite fishing, or Venus Pescatrice. 

VII.4.48 Pompeii. c.1840. Room 14, looking towards north wall of cubiculum, painted by James William Wild.

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, December 2007. Room 14, north wall of cubiculum at west end. Medallion painting of Hermes or Mercury.

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.

VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 14, north wall of cubiculum.

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. December 2007. Room 14, north wall of cubiculum at east end. Medallion painting of Helios.

VII.4.48 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 14, detail from centre of north wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 15.   

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))

VII.4.48 Pompeii. Detail from W.20. Drawing of vignette of Autumn, from west wall of atrium.

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.

VII.4.48 Pompeii. Detail from W.20. Drawing of vignette of Winter from north wall of atrium.

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.

VII.4.48 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 15, south-west corner.

VII.4.48 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 15. South wall with remains of plaster in upper south-west corner.

VII.4.48 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 15, south wall.

VII.4.48 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 15, upper west wall, with small window.

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