VI.17.36 Pompeii. Casa di Giulio
Polibio or House of Julius Polybius.
Columned entrance and vestibule. Linked to VI.17.32.
Sporadically excavated 1760, 1764, 1769, major excavation from 1807/8. 1983.
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Two rooms on south side of peristyle area.
VI.17.36 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking north along remains of east side of rear peristyle area, taken from VI.17.41.
According to Jashemski, steps at each entrance (VI.17.32 and 36) led to an atrium: immediately at the rear of these there was a large peristyle garden.
This was enclosed by a portico on 4 sides.
In the middle of the garden was a pool with a fountain, with little steps leading into the pool, but this was no longer in existence when Breton wrote.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.166 with plan)
See Breton, Ernest. 1870. Pompeia, Guide de visite a Pompei, 3rd ed. Paris, Guerin. (p.266)
VI.17.36 Pompeii. Found on 12 July 1760. Painting of the three graces.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9231.
This was found in VI Ins Occ. The exact location is unclear and several possible locations have been put forward.
VI.17.36 ?
See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi, p. 35. (PAH,1,1,113)
The excavations at Cività on 12th July 1760 ?
See Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo
Terzo: Le Pitture 3, 1762, p. 57-61, pl. 11.
VI.17.31 ?
See Mattusch C., 2008. Pompeii and the Roman Villa. Thames and Hudson, p. 243.
Masseria Irace ?
This painting, together with two others, was “found under the land of Masseria Irace”.
By July 1760, the excavators had returned to the Irace property and removed a set of three panel paintings.
One was the myth of Phryxus and Helle, another was a Satyr discovering a Hermaphrodite or Nymph, and the third was the Three Graces.
From a nearby colonnaded garden (VII.6.3), came the marble statue of Diana.
See Fiorelli G., 1860. Pompeianarum antiquitatum historia, Vol. 1: 1748 - 1818, Naples, 1, 113-4, 12-19th July 1760.
VI.17.36 Pompeii. May 2006. Photo taken from VI.17.41.
Looking north to rooms on higher level. These are two cubicula from south side of VI.17.36.
Room “b” is shown in the centre top of the photo, room “a” is on the centre right.
VI.17.36, Pompeii. May 2006. Taken from VI.17.41. Looking north-west.
Black and white mosaic floor of western cubiculum (room “b”) of VI.17.36, on south side of peristyle.
The west decorated wall can be seen in the top left, it had a black zoccolo.
According to PPP, the middle zone of the wall was yellow.
See Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1986. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 3. Rome: ICCD. (p.2).
VI.17.41 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking south towards VI.17.41.
Taken from cubiculum (room “b”) on western end of south side of the peristyle.
VI.17.36 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking north towards two cubicula of Vl.17.36, on south side of peristyle. Taken from VI.17.41.
VI.17.36 Pompeii. May 2006. Two cubicula belonging to VI.17.36, on south side of peristyle.
Looking north. Taken from VI.17.41 looking towards higher level rooms on north side.
VI.17.36 Pompeii. May 2006. North wall with window, in eastern cubiculum (room “a”) of VI.17.36 on south side of peristyle.
Photo taken from VI.17.41.
According to PPP, the zoccolo/plinth was red and in the central panel was a swan flying towards the left towards another panel with a flowering plant.
The middle zone of the wall was black, and in a narrow compartment, at the side of the window, a fountain or base of a painted candelabra can be seen.
See Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1986. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 3. Rome: ICCD. (p.1).
VI.17.36 Pompeii. May 2006. Taken from VI.17.41. Looking east towards doorway in east wall.
Black and white mosaic floor of eastern cubiculum of VI.17.36 (room “a”) on south side of peristyle.
VI.17.36 Pompeii. May 2006. Taken from VI.17.41.
East wall and doorway, looking towards south-east corner in eastern cubiculum (room “a”) of VI.17.36, on south side of peristyle.
According to PPP, the east wall had a red panelled zoccolo, in the central panel was a painted plate/medallion with a painted candelabra above it.
The middle zone of the wall would have been black.
VI.17.36 Pompeii. September 2024.
One of two mosaic wall panels, now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inv. no. 10012 and 10013.
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
According to the information card –
Mosaic wall panels made from polychrome glass paste tesserae on a light blue background with a gilt candelabrum.
Above, a cupid
hunting a deer is depicted within a small panel with a red background, enclosed
within a double frame, the outer one with an interlaced pattern and the inner
one with plant motifs. (Third quarter of the Ist century AD).
(Pannelli parietali a mosaico di tessere policromo
in pasta vitrea su fondo azzurro, con candelabro dorato. In alto, all’interno
di un quadretto a fondo rosso, delimitato da una doppia cornice, esterna a
treccia, interna a motivi vegetale, e raffigurato un erote che caccia un cervo.
Terzo quarto del I secolo d.C.)
VI.17.36 Pompeii? One of two panels with candelabra, cupid and deer.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 10012.
The museum card says it was found in VI.17.36.
According to Prisciandaro and Pagano, it was found on 30th April 1752 in the Villa San Marco at Stabia together with other mosaics.
See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi, p. 239.
VI.17.36 Pompeii. September 2024.
One of two mosaic wall panels, now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inv. no. 10012 and 10013.
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
According to the information card –
Mosaic wall panels made from polychrome glass paste tesserae on a light blue background with a gilt candelabrum.
Above, a cupid hunting a deer is depicted within a small
panel with a red background, enclosed within a double frame, the outer one with
an interlaced pattern and the inner one with plant motifs. (Third quarter of the Ist century AD).
(Pannelli
parietali a mosaico di tessere policromo in pasta vitrea su fondo azzurro, con
candelabro dorato. In alto, all’interno di un quadretto a fondo rosso,
delimitato da una doppia cornice, esterna a treccia, interna a motivi vegetale,
e raffigurato un erote che caccia un cervo.
Terzo quarto
del I secolo d.C.)
VI.17.36 Pompeii? One of two panels with candelabra, cupid and deer.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 10013.
The museum card says it was found in VI.17.36.
According to Prisciandaro and Pagano, it was found on 30th April 1752 in the Villa San Marco at Stabia together with other mosaics.
See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi, p. 239.
VI.17.36 Pompeii? 1840 drawing of mosaic panel.
According to Roux, “this mosaic was found in the House of Polybius with those that we have already said had belonged to the same building.”
See Roux, H., 1840. Herculanem et Pompei recueil général des Peintures, Bronzes, Mosaïques : Tome 5. Paris: Didot, Tome 5, 6th série – Mosaics, (p. 20), pl. 16.
See Mazois, F., 1824. Les Ruines de Pompei: Second Partie. Paris: Firmin Didot, p. 52, pl. XIV.
According to Prisciandaro and Pagano, it was found on 30th April 1752 in the Villa San Marco at Stabia.
See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi, p. 239.
Steps in road outside VI.17.36, Pompeii.