V.1.7 Pompeii. House of the Bull or House of the Young Bull
or Casa L. Pontius Successus or Casa
del Torello di Bronzo.
Excavated 1836 and 1875. Rear entrance at V.1.9. Linked to V.1.3.
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For rooms “a” and “c”, refer to Room 12
Peristyle “b”
V.1.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking north along east side of peristyle “b”.
V.1.7 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Looking towards east side of peristyle “b”.
Pre-1937-39. Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1583.
V.1.7 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Looking towards east side of peristyle “b”.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1583a.
V.1.7 Pompeii. May 2024. Niche on east wall of the peristyle “b”. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.1.7 Pompeii. May 2024. Niche on east wall of the peristyle “b”. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.1.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Niche on east wall of the peristyle “b”.
According to Boyce, the niche was coated with white stucco and in its floor were three holes for statuettes.
It used to have several iron nails driven into the wall beside the niche at the level of its floor.
Perhaps this was to hold in place an ornamental cornice of wood, as suggested by Mau.
See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.32)
V.1.7 Pompeii. May 2024. Second niche on east wall of peristyle “b”. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.1.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Second niche on east wall of peristyle “b”.
V.1.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Second niche on east wall of peristyle “b”.
V.1.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking through rear hole in second niche on east wall of peristyle “b”.
V.1.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking through rear hole in second niche on east wall of peristyle “b”.
Looking from peristyle towards east wall of room “e” on south side of V.1.9.
V.1.7 Pompeii. May 2024. Looking north across peristyle “b”. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.1.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Room “b”, peristyle.
V.1.7 Pompeii. October 2019. Room “b”, looking north towards peristyle.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
V.1.7 Pompeii. 1959. Room “b”, peristyle, looking north. 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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V.1.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room “b”, peristyle.
V.1.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room “b”, peristyle.
V.1.7 Pompeii. October 2019. Room “b”, peristyle, looking
north.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
V.1.7 Pompeii. October 2020. Room “b”, peristyle,
looking north across tablinum. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.I.7 Pompeii. September 2017.
Room
“b”, detail
of north side of peristyle, across tablinum from entrance corridor. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.1.7 Pompeii. 1959. Room “b”, peristyle. 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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V.1.7 Pompeii. October 2019. Room “b”, looking north to two
puteals on peristyle.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
V.1.7 Pompeii. October 2019. Room “b”, looking
north-west across peristyle area.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
V.1.7 Pompeii. May 2024. Room
“b”, looking north-west across south
portico of peristyle area. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.1.7 Pompeii. May 2024.
Room “b”, looking north along east portico, from
south-east corner of peristyle area. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.1.7 Pompeii. May 2024.
Room “b”, detail from south-east corner of peristyle
area. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.1.7 Pompeii. May 2024. Room “b”, detail from east portico
of south-east corner of peristyle area. Photo courtesy of Klaus
Heese.
V.1.7 Pompeii. May 2024.
Room “b”, detail of puteal on south portico in south-east
corner of peristyle area. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.1.7
Pompeii. May 2024.
Room “b”, looking north-west towards pilaster on south portico, with puteal. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.1.7 Pompeii. May 2024. Room “b”, puteal on south portico. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.1.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room “b”, peristyle. Drainage channels.
V.1.7 Pompeii. October 2019. Room “b”, marble fountain in peristyle.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
V.1.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room “b”, peristyle. Marble fountain.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
V.1.7
Pompeii. October 2019. Room “b”, water feature at west end of north wall
of peristyle.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
V.1.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room “b”, peristyle. Detail of mosaic water feature at west end.
V.1.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Peristyle “b”, detail of plaster on west side of mosaic water feature.
V.1.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room “b”, peristyle. Detail of mosaic water feature at west end.
V.1.7
Pompeii. May 2024. Room “b”, peristyle. Detail of mosaic water feature
at west end. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.1.7
Pompeii. October 2019. Room “b”, peristyle. Detail of mosaic water
feature at west end.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
V.1.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room “b”, peristyle. Detail of mosaic water feature at west end.
V.1.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room “b”, peristyle. Detail of mosaic water feature in centre.
V.1.7 Pompeii. October 2019. Room “b”, peristyle. Detail of mosaic water feature in centre.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
V.1.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room “b”, peristyle. Detail of mosaic water feature in centre.
V.1.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room “b”, peristyle. Detail of mosaic water feature at east end.
V.1.7 Pompeii. October 2019. Room “b”, peristyle. Detail of mosaic water feature at east end.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
V.1.7
Pompeii. May 2024.
Room “b”, peristyle. Detail of mosaic water feature at east end. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.1.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room “b”, peristyle. Detail of mosaic water feature at east end.
V.1.7 Pompeii. October 2019. Room “b”, peristyle. Detail of
mosaic water feature at east end.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
V.1.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room “b”, peristyle. Detail of mosaic water feature at east end.
V.1.7 Pompeii. October 2019. Room “b”, detail from east end of mosaic water feature on peristyle.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
V.1.7 Pompeii. May 2024.
Room “b”, looking east across water feature from west
end. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.1.7 Pompeii. October 2019. Room “b”, looking
west across water feature from east end.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
V.1.7 Pompeii. October 2019. Room “b”, looking
west across water feature.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
V.1.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room “b”, peristyle. Looking east, showing niche built into a square column.
V.1.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room “b”, peristyle. Niche built into a square column.
V.1.7 Pompeii. 1984. Room “b”, peristyle, looking east.
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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V.1.7 Pompeii. 1984. Room “b”, detail of puteal. Looking east.
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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V.1.7 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Looking east across peristyle “b”.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1583.
V.1.7 Pompeii. 1984. Room “b”, looking west across peristyle.
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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V.1.7 Pompeii. 1984. Room “b”, detail of puteal, looking west across peristyle.
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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V.1.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room “b”, looking north at west end of peristyle.
V.1.7 Pompeii. October 2019. Room “b”, looking east across
water feature on peristyle.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
V.1.7 Pompeii. 1901.
Peristyle “b”, watercolour by Luigi Bazzani, of nymphaeum
in the House of the Bull.
V.1.7 Pompeii. November 2013. Room “b”, peristyle. Plaster collapsed at front of west side of basin.
The walls of the basin of the nymphaeum were decorated on the west side by painted yellow “straw” trellis work, originally on a black background.
There were also plants, flowering bushes and flowers with large petals, all on a black background.
V.1.7 Pompeii.
Peristyle “b”, undated
watercolour by Luigi Bazzani, of nymphaeum in the House of the Bull.
V.1.7 Pompeii. October 2019. Room “b”, looking east across
water feature on peristyle towards rear entrance at V.1.9, on right.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
V.1.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room “b”, peristyle looking east across water feature towards rear entrance at V.1.9.
V.1.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Room “b”, peristyle looking east across water feature towards rear entrance at V.1.9.
V.1.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room “b”, peristyle. Lead pipe and valves for water feature at west end.
V.1.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Room “b”, peristyle. Lead pipe and valves for water feature.
V.1.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Room “b”, peristyle. Sump inside water feature.
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