VI.15.1 Pompeii. House of the Vettii or Casa dei Vettii or Domus Vettiorum.

Excavated 1894-1895. Linked to VI.15.27.

In Notizie degli Scavi, prior to January 1897, this house was described as being in Insula 12 of Reg. VI. Afterwards it was changed to Insula 15 of Reg. VI.

Entrance, Vestibule and Atrium

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Oecus on South side of Atrium (continued) (PPM – room e)

VI.15.1 Pompeii. April 2023. Looking towards south wall of oecus. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

(PPM – room e) 

VI.15.1 Pompeii. March 2023. Looking towards south wall of oecus. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

(PPM – room e) 

VI.15.1 Pompeii. January 2017. Looking towards south wall of oecus (e).

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking towards south wall of oecus on south side of atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. March 2023.

Looking towards central panel of south wall with painting showing fight between Eros and Pan.

In the upper centre is a painted aedicula containing Leda and the swan.  Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. April 2023. Looking towards upper and middle area of south wall of oecus. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. South wall in oecus on south side of atrium.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. 1897. Watercolour by Luigi Bazzani, showing south wall of oecus on south side of atrium.

Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum. Inventory number 14-1898.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. 1895. Watercolour by Luigi Bazzani, showing south wall of oecus on south side of atrium.

Roma, Galleria nazionale d’arte moderna e contemporanea, inventory number 437.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. January 2023.

Looking towards south wall of oecus with central painting showing fight between Eros and Pan. Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. January 2017. South wall of oecus.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2019.

Detail from south wall of oecus, on east side of central painting.

Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. March 2023.

Central wall painting on south wall showing Dionysus and Ariadne, as well as the fight between Eros and Pan.

Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

Kuivalainen comments –

“A young half-naked Bacchus in the company of Ariadne, watching the fight about to begin, and Silenus already preparing to reward the victor with the palm leaf. The female figure’s dignified appearance suits Ariadne more than a maenad. His identification is also supported by her embracing arm. This motif of a fight between a cupid and a faun appears elsewhere as well; a good example is an outdoor scene from Herculaneum.” (MANN 9262).

See Kuivalainen, I., 2021. The Portrayal of Pompeian Bacchus. Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum 140. Helsinki: Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, (p.133-35, D13).

VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2018. 

Central wall painting on south wall showing Dionysus and Ariadne, as well as the fight between Eros and Pan. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. January 2017. South wall of oecus with wall painting showing the fight between Eros and Pan.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Oecus on south side of atrium with wall painting showing the fight between Eros and Pan.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. October 2023. Detail of Bacchus and Ariadne, from central painting on south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. October 2023.

Detail from central painting on south wall showing the fight between Eros and Pan.

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. January 2023. Detail from upper south wall. Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer

VI.15.1 Pompeii. October 2023.

Upper south wall of oecus at east end, painted figure of Mercury. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. October 2023.

Detail from upper south wall of oecus at east end. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. October 2023.

Painted figure of Leda and the Swan from centre of upper south wall of oecus. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. October 2023.

Detail of painted figure of Leda and the Swan from centre of upper south wall of oecus. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006.

Detail of painting of Leda and the swan from upper centre of south wall in oecus on south side of atrium.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. c.1898.

Painting, detail as above, from centre of upper south wall in oecus on south side of atrium.

See Sogliano, A. La Casa dei Vettii in Pompei in Mon. Ant. 1898. (p.259/260, fig. 10).

VI.15.1 Pompeii. May 2017. Upper south wall on eastern side. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail from upper south wall on eastern side. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Detail of painting from east end of south wall in oecus on south side of atrium.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. May 2017. Upper south wall on western side. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Detail of painting at west end on upper south wall in oecus on south side of atrium.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. October 2023. Detail from upper south wall at west end of oecus. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. October 2023.

Painted figure of Muse Urania, from west end of south wall of oecus. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail from south-west corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking towards the south-west corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. October 2023. Looking towards west wall of oecus. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking towards west wall of oecus on south side of atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. January 2017. Looking towards west wall of oecus.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. April 2023. Looking towards upper and middle area of west wall of oecus. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2018. Upper west wall in oecus on south side of atrium. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. January 2017. Upper west wall of oecus.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Upper west wall in oecus on south side of atrium.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2019. Upper west wall at south end of oecus. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2019.

Detail from upper west wall at south end, in oecus on south side of atrium. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. May 2017. Upper west wall at south end. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. October 2023.

Detail of figure from upper west wall at south end. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Detail of painting in oecus on south side of atrium.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. October 2023.

Detail of painted peacocks from upper west wall at south end. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. January 2017. Detail from upper centre of west wall of oecus.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. October 2023.

Upper centre of west wall of oecus, detail of painted decoration and figure of Zeus. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. May 2017.

Painting of Zeus on his throne with sceptre and lightning bolt on upper centre of west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Detail of painting of Zeus in oecus, on south side of atrium.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. October 2023.

Upper centre of west wall of oecus, detail of painted figure of Zeus. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. c.1898.

Painting, detail as above, from centre of upper west wall in oecus on south side of atrium.

See Sogliano, A. La Casa dei Vettii in Pompei in Mon. Ant. 1898. (p.261/262, fig. 11).

VI.15.1 Pompeii. May 2017. Upper west wall at northern end. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Detail of painting in oecus on south side of atrium.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. May 2017. Decorative panel from west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. May 2017. Lower west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. October 2023. Decorative medallion from west wall of oecus at south end. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. May 2017. Decorative medallion from southern end of west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Detail of painted medallion in oecus on south side of atrium.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. October 2023.

Detail of painted decoration from panel on west wall of oecus, on south end of central panel.

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2019. Detail of painted decoration from panel on west wall of oecus. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Detail of painting on wall in oecus on south side of atrium.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. May 2017. Northern end of west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. April 2023. Detail of painted decoration. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella

VI.15.1 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail from north end of west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Detail of decorative panel from north end of west wall in oecus on south side of atrium.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. October 2023. Detail from decorative medallion from north end of west wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail from decorative medallion from north end of west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Detail of painting in oecus on south side of atrium.

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