VI.2.14 Pompeii. Casa delle
Amazzoni or House of the Amazons
or Casa di Iside e di Osiride.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Mosaic floor in triclinium.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Triclinium, mosaic floor.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Painted north wall of triclinium.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Lower north wall of triclinium.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Painted north wall of triclinium.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Painted figure on upper north wall at west end.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Painted figure on horseback from north wall of triclinium, at west end.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. Drawing of painted figure on horseback from north wall of triclinium, at west end.
DAIR 83.66. Photo
© Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
See Helbig, W.,
1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv
verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1842.
See Gell, W, and Gandy J. P., 1819. Pompeiana. London: Rodwell and Martin, pl. 26.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. North wall of triclinium.
Wall painting of male figure, column, small cupid and Aphrodite, in centre of north wall.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Painted figure on horseback from north wall of triclinium, at east end.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. 1812 watercolour by F. Morelli painted a year after the discovery of the house.
This shows the rich decoration of the east wall of the triclinium.
The upper part is an architectural framework in which are birds with bands in their beaks and female figures.
The central area is composed of three panels of which the two lateral framed red ones bear a winged Cupid,
The central panel is a painting of a contest between the light divinities, Aphrodite and Hesperus, in front of a cupid.
In the black zoccolo are two female figures making offerings and garlands.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 129.
See Carratelli,
G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e
Mosaici. Vol. IV. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, p. 180.
See
Zahn, W., 1828. Die schönsten Ornamente und merkwürdigsten Gemälde aus
Pompeji, Herkulanum und Stabiae: I. Berlin: Reimer. No.69.
According
to Schefold, this was from the east wall of the triclinium in VI.2.14.
See Schefold, K., 1957. Die Wände Pompejis. Berlin: De Gruyter,
p. 94.
According to Kuivalainen –
in the upper centre of this painting with the red background, is “an almost naked young Bacchus with a thyrsus”.
"A youth standing with his weight on his right foot, on a red background, head slightly turned to the left.
His right arm is raised to the top of his head, and in his raised left arm he holds a thyrsus with a bunch of leaves upwards.
A large green cloak covers his left shoulder and reaches to
his calves".
See Kuivalainen, I., 2021. The Portrayal of Pompeian Bacchus.
Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum
140. Helsinki: Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, (p.99, B9).
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. East wall of triclinium, upper north end.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. East wall of triclinium, upper north end.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. East wall of triclinium, north end.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Detail from east wall of triclinium, zoccolo towards north end.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. East wall of triclinium, upper centre.
According to Kuivalainen –
on the upper left of this photo with the red background, but now destroyed, would have been “an almost naked young Bacchus with a thyrsus”.
See Kuivalainen, I., 2021. The Portrayal of Pompeian Bacchus. Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum 140. Helsinki: Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, (p.99, B9).
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. East wall of triclinium, remains of faded central wall painting.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. East wall of triclinium, upper south end.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. East wall of triclinium, south end.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. South-east corner of triclinium.
VI.2.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Mosaic floor in triclinium.