HGW06 Pompeii. Herculaneum Gate West Side.

Villa di Cicerone or Villa of Cicero or Villa detta di Cicerone. 

Linked to HGW15a.

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Excavated in 1748/9 and 1763 then filled in again after the removal of the paintings and the mosaics.

 

HGW06 Pompeii. Found in triclinium on 18 January 1749.  Wall painting of centaurs with riders on their backs.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9133.

 

HGW06 Pompeii. 1862 drawing of Centaurs.

See Niccolini F, 1862. Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei: Volume Secondo. Napoli. (tav. 3).

 

HGW06 Pompeii. Found on 8^th June 1748. Pastiche of many fragments from different pictures.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9911.

 

HGW06 Pompeii. Found on 6^th July 1748. Fish frieze. Painting of eels, octopus, lobster and mullet.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 8621.

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (1656).

 

HGW06 Pompeii. Found on 21^st December 1748. 

Wall painting of country scene with temple edifice, man and animal. 

The painting is usually called The Lost Ram.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9418.

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (1564).

 

HGW06 Pompeii. Found 25^th January 1749. Ambiente 1 of Villa of Cicero. 

Wall painting of Europa and the Bull?  Wall painting of naked woman and sea cow?

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9900.

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (1034).

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli.  Naples : Nicola Longobardi.  (p.13).

 

HGW06 Pompeii. Found 29^th March 1749. Ambiente 1 of Villa of Cicero. 

Painting of Bacchus with cup and panther, Silenus with cithara and other figures.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9274.

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli.  Naples : Nicola Longobardi.  (p.13).

 

HGW06 Pompeii. Found 25^th October 1760 in Villa of Cicero. 

Round painted portrait panel of a female figure with a bird in front of her. 

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9086.

See Paganao, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli.  Naples : Nicola Longobardi.  (p.36).

 

HGW06 Pompeii. Found on 8^th April 1763. Ambiente 13 of Villa of Cicero. 

Mosaic of a Group of Street Musicians. It bears the signature of Dioskourides of Samos. 

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9985.

 

HGW06 Pompeii. Found on 28^th April 1763. Ambiente 13 of Villa of Cicero. 

Wall painting of country scene with tower and clothed man on an island.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9416.

 

HGW06 Pompeii. Found on 8^th March 1764. Ambiente 33 of Villa of Cicero. 

Mosaic of The Sorceress. It bears the signature of Dioskourides of Samos. 

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9987.

 

HGW06 Pompeii. Found 22^nd March 1764. Ambiente 34 of Villa of Cicero. 

Wall painting of Phrixus and Helle fleeing on the swimming ram. 

Helle has fallen into the water and holds her hands out.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9478.

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (1258).

 

HGW06 Pompeii. Found on 2^nd June 1770. Ambiente 40 of Villa of Cicero. 

Wall painting made up from two pictures of views of gardens with porticos.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9406.

 

HGW06 Pompeii. Found 4^th January 1749. Masks possibly found in Villa of Cicero. 

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli.  Naples : Nicola Longobardi.  (p.13).

 

HGW06 Pompeii. Found 4^th January 1749. Masks possibly found in Villa of Cicero. 

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples : Nicola Longobardi.  (p.13).

 

HGW06 Pompeii. May 2006. Label describing masks possibly found in Villa of Cicero.  

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.

See also Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples : Nicola Longobardi.  (p.13).

 

 

 

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