92. HGW24 Pompeii. Villa of Diomedes or
Villa di Diomede.
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HGW24 Pompeii. December 2006. Doorway to steps to lower level.
From PAH 1,1, p.264-5, 13th June 1772, addendum p. 127 and 158. (see Nos. 46, 47 and 48 below, on the plan by La Vega).
We have initiated the work to recognise a doorway of the aforesaid peristyle, which we believe to be the main doorway of the house, and to evacuate other rooms that were in the above apartment.
Adjoining to the same main doorway, in the internal part of the peristyle, we have dug out a stairway that leads to the lower apartments, and in the entrance we have found a lamp with a bronze wick-holder, shaped like a snail in the act of leaving his shell, and this was made to be placed in any place, having below some hardness which would hold it, or to hang from above by the form of a ring on which was attached a chain, and it was in very good condition.
According to Pagano and Prisciandaro, the inventory number of the lamp is NAP 72261, and further information is in AdE VIII, 66, 301.
See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi. (p.72).
Here was also found a bronze vase/pot in the shape of a stock-pot.
At the threshold of the entrance doorway, a small ivory spoon was found (0.11m long).
HGW24 Pompeii. Lamp-stand with a square base, standing on
lion’s feet. It was decorated with a floral design and at the side with a
garland and two bovine skulls. Rising from it was a twisted stem representing a
plant stem with three flower branches spreading out at the top. From these hung
two lamps in the form of snails. In one of these the snail was partly out of
its shell. In the other the snail
was entirely inside.
See Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Ottavo: Lucerne,
Lanterne, Candelabri, 1792, Tav LXV, p. 301.
From PAH, addendum, p.127
– (no.46 on the plan by La Vega)
Relazione delle antichita, che si
vanno ritrovando nella masseria del sig. D. Giovanni Milano parsonaro, che si
era principiata al di 14 Febbraro 1771. (Report of Antiquities found .....)
“No.46. A di 11 giugno 1772. Si e trovato,
senza arrivare al piano, una lucerna di bronzo ad un luminello.Questa forma una
maruzza in atto di uscire il frutto dalla scorza, e rivoltandosi detto frutto
verso dietro da un anello (colla propria coda) per restare appesa per mezzo di
un catenella, la quale si e trovata rotta in piu pezzi; la maruzza e alta (con
tutta il frutto) on.3, lunga on. 3 e mezza, larga on. 2 e mezza.”
From PAH addendum, p.158 - 13 Giugno 1772. - Ingresso principale della detta casa suburbana. Scala che conduce
all’appartamento inferiore. Lucerna di bronzo all’ingresso di detta scala;
no.46, 47, 48 pianta di La Vega.
(Fontaine, steps to lower floor from north-east corner of front courtyard portico.
From PAH, addendum, p.127
– (no.48 on the plan by La Vega)
Relazione delle antichita, che si
vanno ritrovando nella masseria del sig. D. Giovanni Milano parsonaro, che si
era principiata al di 14 Febbraro 1771. (Report of Antiquities found .....)
“No.48. A di 12 giugno 1772. Si e trovato un
vaso di bronzo come una marmitta, alta on.8, diam. simile. Pare che sia in
buono stato, ma resta guarnito di ferro, che per la ruggine non si puo
distaccare; e si e trovato sopra un montone di pietre dolci per fabbricare,
come caduto dall’appartamento superiore.”
(Fontaine, room 5,18 on lower level at base of steps)
HGW24 Pompeii. March 2024. Steps to lower floor. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
HGW24 Pompeii. December 2006. Steps to lower level.
HGW24, Villa
of Diomedes, Pompeii. May 2024.
East wall at side of stairs, with lararium
niche in upper wall with window below. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
According to Boyce,
Just to the right of the main entrance six
steps lead down to the servants’ quarters, and in the wall beside this stair is
a piccolo larario – apparently only a niche, in which a statuette of
Minerva was found.
See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14, (p.97, no.476).
See Giacobello, F., 2008. Larari Pompeiani:
Iconografia e culto dei Lari in ambito domestico. Milano: LED Edizioni,
(p.221, no.3).
HGW24 Pompeii. December 2006. North side of peristyle, looking down onto lower level.
(The wording from this room (Villa Diomedes Project – area 66 or Fontaine, room 5,16) shown on the left, a room which was on the left (south) side of the corridor leading down to the lower level, is duplicated in the next Part.)
From PAH,
addendum, p.127 –
Relazione delle antichita, che si
vanno ritrovando nella masseria del sig. D. Giovanni Milano parsonaro, che si
era principiata al di 14 Febbraro 1771. (Report of Antiquities found .....)
“No.39. A di 14 maggio 1772. Si e trovato
quanto siegue. Un vaso ad un manico alto on.15, diam. al ventre on.9, alla
bocca on.4 e mezza, al fondo on.4; questo e alquanto rotto nella bocca,
ammaccato un poco il labbro, il manico distaccato, quale manico viene ornato di
un mascherone al piede, ed altri piccioli scherzi. Altro vaso ad un manico
alt.on 7 e mezza, diam. al ventro on.7, alla bocca on.4 e mezza; questo e tutto
frantumato e mancante. Un maschio di fonte alto on.9, diam. on.2, l’occhio per
l’acqua diam.on1 vantaggiata; ed alcuni diversi pezzetti di frantumi. Il tutto
di bronzo, come cadute dall’appartamento superiore. Un’ accetta ed una zappella
di ferro.”
From PAH addendum, p.158 -
16 Maggio 1772. No.39 pianta di La Vega.
HGW24 Pompeii. December 2006. North side of peristyle, looking down onto lower level.
HGW24 Pompeii. Villa of Diomedes. October 2023.
Looking north towards north-west corner of peristyle, and doorway in
north wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
HGW24 Pompeii. Villa of Diomedes. October 2023.
Doorway to room on north side of peristyle. Photo courtesy of Klaus
Heese.
(Fontaine – 2,1)
HGW24 Pompeii. Villa of Diomedes. October 2023.
Looking north through doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
HGW24 Pompeii. December 2006. Doorway to room on north side of peristyle, on upper level.
(Villa Diomedes Project – area 25).
(Fontaine, small room 2,1 on north side of courtyard combined with room with steps (see no.7 below).
PAH,1,1, p.253, 23rd March 1771 and addendum p.120: (see No. 7 below, on the plan by La Vega).
We have been continuing the excavation in the dwelling outside of the Gate of the city, and have found:
6 water-jars/pitchers with two handles, one with inscription in black letters on the neck –
And written on another part of the same neck, was –
(CIL IV 2635)
From PAH, addendum, p.120
–
Relazione delle antichita, che si
vanno ritrovando nella masseria del sig. D. Giovanni Milano parsonaro, che si
era principiata al di 14 Febbraro 1771. (Report of Antiquities found .....)
“No.7. A di 21 marzo 1771. Si sono ritrovati
piu langelloni, la maggior parte rotti, e 6 intieri, quesi sono a due manichi
con il fondo acuto. Altro langellone di diversa forma alto pal. 2 e mezza,
diam. al ventre pal. 1 e mezza, alla gola on. 6, al labbro on.8, ed al fondon
on. 7 e mezza; da un lato vi sono le seguenti lettere - (vede sopra).
From PAH, addendum, p.126
– (see No.34 on the plan by La Vega).
Relazione delle antichita, che si
vanno ritrovando nella masseria del sig. D. Giovanni Milano parsonaro, che si
era principiata al di 14 Febbraro 1771. (Report of Antiquities found .....)
“No.34. A di 20 febbraio 1772. Si e trovato,
come in una scanzia di una tavola, quanto siegue. Una moneta di bronzo diam.
on. 1, e non si distingue per la ruggine. Una quantita di ferro unito per la
ruggine, come fossero manichi di forbici, ed altro pezzo che non saprei, di
ferro. Creta: Due pignatte, una a due manichi e con il suo coperchio alto. on.
12, diam. alla bocca on. 7, al ventre on. 7. Due altri vasi di diversa figura,
uno a due manichi alto on. 14 ½ , diam. alla bocca on. 5 ½ al fondo on. 2 ½ ; l’altro
ad un manico alto pal. 1 ¾, diam. alla bocca on. 3, al piede on. 3 ½, al ventre
on. 6.”
On the right would be the ala, (Villa Diomedes Project – area 23 or Fontaine’s room 2,3) in the north-west corner of portico.
On the La Vega plan, no.28 would have been found there, see photo below.
HGW24 Pompeii. December 2006. North side of peristyle, looking west along corridor towards terrace.
On the La Vega plan, no.28 would have been placed in the lower left of the photo.
(Villa Diomedes Project – area 23).
(Fontaine, room 2,3 (ala) in north-west corner of portico).
No.31 was found at the end of this corridor, approximately at the start of the green grass in the photo.
(Villa Diomedes Project – area 33).
(Fontaine, west end of corridor 2.4, onto terrace).
From PAH 1,1, p.261, 7th December 1771,
We continue to work in the mentioned many-times dwelling, where we have lifted the soil from above to introduce us into the peristyle, and we have worked at the same time to repair the exposed building.
From PAH 1,1, p.261, 14th December 1771, addendum p, 124 and 157: (see No.28 below, on the plan by La Vega).
In the digging out of a room to enter into the peristyle, here we have found the skeleton of a dog; the walls of this room are coloured red without being anything special (senza esservi espressa sopra alcuna cosa). Another side room to the peristyle was detected here, and it was found to have a collapsed floor in the lower level, and therefore it has not been possible to rediscover anything here. At the same time, we are restoring the same building, by doing some portions of the masonry, and with wood.
From PAH, addendum, p.124 –
Relazione delle antichita, che si
vanno ritrovando nella masseria del sig. D. Giovanni Milano parsonaro, che si
era principiata al di 14 Febbraro 1771. (Report of Antiquities found .....)
“No.28. A di 12 decembre 1771. Questa stanza
viene ornata da piccole architetture sopra tonica rossa. Il pavimento di
lastrico di mattoni pesti, con varie pietruzze ad uso di musaico; e non vi si e
trovato altro, che uno scheletro di cane.”
From PAH addendum, p.157 - 14 Decembre 1771 – No.28 pianta di La Vega. Scheletro di cane, in una stanza della cennata
casa pseudourbana. Riparazione nell’edificio suddetto.
From PAH, addendum, p.126 –
Relazione delle antichita, che si
vanno ritrovando nella masseria del sig. D. Giovanni Milano parsonaro, che si
era principiata al di 14 Febbraro 1771. (Report of Antiquities found .....)
“No.31. A di 26 decembre 1771. Si e trovato un
tondu pel gioco dell’asse della porta alta on. 2, diam. on. 1 1/3. Una moneta
che non si distingue diam. 1 1/3. Un pometto come di carrafina alto on. 1 2/3,
e tre diversi pezzetti, il tutto di bronzo. E due coralli di vetro.”
HGW24 Pompeii. Villa of Diomedes. October 2023.
Looking east along corridor into west ala, and across north portico. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
(Villa Diomedes Project – area 33).
(Fontaine, from west end of corridor 2.4, from terrace).
HGW24 Pompeii. Villa of Diomedes. March 2024. From area of loggia/terrace.
Doorway to corridor (2.4) and window to room (2.6), on left, on north side of tablinum, on right. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
HGW24 Pompeii. Villa of Diomedes. October 2023.
Doorway to corridor and window to room on north side of tablinum, on
right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
HGW24 Pompeii. Villa of Diomedes. October 2023.
Looking east through window into room on north side of tablinum. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
(Villa Diomedes Project – area 33).
(Fontaine, room 2,6,).
HGW24 Pompeii. Villa of Diomedes. October 2023.
Looking towards west wall, south-west corner and south wall, through
window from terrace. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
HGW24 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking east to room on south side of corridor, with window overlooking terrace.
(Villa Diomedes Project – area 34).
(Fontaine, room 2,6).
PAH,1,1, p.250, 23rd Feb. 1771 and addendum p.120 (see
No.2 below, on the plan by La Vega).
We are digging outside of the city in the dwelling, where last week we found the silver vase/pot, and have found 5 paintings that decorated a room, which were circular (of 0.15m (6 inches) in diameter), and 3 contained paintings of masks and 2 with landscape views and buildings; (according to Pagano & Prisciandaro - NAP 9844) and found in the same room, almost heaped in a corner were: Bronze, Lead, Marble, Terracotta finds (for detailed descriptions, see PAH pages 251-2, and addendum p.118-120).
(according to Pagano & Prisciandaro: (nos 2-3 on La Vega plan): Bronze plate - NAP 73413; Marble medallions - NAP 6636, 6653, 6659; and other 5 marble masks - NAP 6666, and others not identified)
Also found in the same site was a circular table for use as
a fountain, 0.79m in diameter and 0.03m in thickness, in which around the above
part there was a channel, the water could flow by means of 10 holes that ended
in as many heads of lions, the water would have come onto the same table,
gushing from a hole that was in the middle; this table was broken into two
pieces. (according to Pagano &
Prisciandaro - NAP 73019).
See Pagano, M.
and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle
provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di
Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi.
(p. 69)
From PAH, addendum, p.118 –120,
Relazione delle antichita, che si
vanno ritrovando nella masseria del sig. D. Giovanni Milano parsonaro, che si
era principiata al di 14 Febbraro 1771. (Report of Antiquities found .....)
“No.2. A di 21 febbraio 1771. Questa stanza
tiene la tonica bianca ornata di alcuni riquadri di righe gialle, e di alcuni
tondi e maschere all’intorno. Il pavimento e di lastrico semplice, e si e
trovato quanto segue: Alabastro bianco. Una tavola circolare di diam. pal.3, di
grossezza on. 1 ½, con un buco nel centro anche circolare di diam. on. 3;
attorno di questa tavola vi sono dieci mascaroncelli con buchetti nella bocca,
e di una faccia di detta tavola vi e un fondato che la circonda, e da l’acqua a
queste teste, che la gettano fuori, e una di esse e rotta. Questa tavola si e
trovata riposta contro al muro, e da qualche colpo di quelle rovine si e rotta
in due parti.” Ecc.
From PAH, addendum, p.156 – 23 Febbraio 1771 – Pitture in una stanza della
detta abitazione; no.2 pianta di La Vega.
Bassorilievi circolari, cioe un
Ercole, un Satiro con tirso e vaso, altro Satiro con face e tigre accanto, una
Fama alata in atto di sacrificare, Vulcano, ed un suo compagno. Maschere di
alabastro. Altro di marmo statuario. Scudi semilunari di alabastro con
bassorilievi. Tavola circolare ad uso di fontana.
HGW24 Pompeii. Found 21st February 1771. Circular marble table used as a fountain.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 73019.
Photo ©Villa
Diomedes Project, base de données Images, http://villadiomede.huma-num.fr/bdd/images/5359
HGW24 Pompeii. Found 21st February 1771. Circular table used as a fountain
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 73019.
See Pagano, M.
and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti
negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi,
p. 336, (Rami Inediti 53.)
HGW24 Pompeii. Found 21st February 1771. Marble oscillum front with Hercules and a stag with golden antlers and reverse with satyr dancing ecstatically.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6636.
Photo by Thomas Crognier. ©Villa Diomedes Project, base de données Images, http://villadiomede.huma-num.fr/bdd/images/585
(Villa Diomedes Project – area 34).
HGW24 Pompeii. Found 21st February 1771. Marble oscillum front side with winged figure possibly Nike and reverse side with dancing satyr with panther.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6653.
Photo by Andrea Milanese, ©Villa Diomedes Project, base de données Images, http://villadiomede.huma-num.fr/bdd/images/5355
(Villa Diomedes Project – area 34).
HGW24 Pompeii. Found 21st February 1771. Marble oscillum with front side with blacksmith with bellows and reverse side, with hammer raised, in front of an anvil.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6659.
Photo by Andrea Milanese, ©Villa Diomedes Project, base de
données Images, http://villadiomede.huma-num.fr/bdd/images/5357
(Villa Diomedes Project – area 34).
HGW24 Pompeii. Found 21st February 1771. Marble pelta oscillum side 1, with figure of rabbit.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6666.
Photo by Thomas Crognier, ©Villa Diomedes Project, base de
données Images, http://villadiomede.huma-num.fr/bdd/images/583
HGW24 Pompeii. Found 21st February 1771. Marble pelta oscillum side 2, with leaf pattern.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6666.
Photo by Thomas Crognier, ©Villa Diomedes Project, base de
données Images, http://villadiomede.huma-num.fr/bdd/images/584
HGW24 Pompeii. Found 21st February 1771. Marble pelta oscillum side 2, with leaf pattern.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6668.
Photo by Thomas Crognier, ©Villa Diomedes Project, base de
données Images, http://villadiomede.huma-num.fr/bdd/images/588
HGW24 Pompeii. Found 21st February 1771. Marble pelta oscillum side 1, with cupid riding a dolphin.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6668.
Photo by Thomas
Crognier, ©Villa Diomedes Project, base de données Images, http://villadiomede.huma-num.fr/bdd/images/587
HGW24 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking south into room with window overlooking terrace.
According to PAH, I,1,250 (and Addendum, p.118, dated 21st February 1771), this room was found with white plaster decorated with some painted yellow lines, and around it some medallions and masks. The floor was paved with simple slabs.
(Villa Diomedes Project – area 34).
(According to Fontaine, this room 2.6, would have been the room from where the medallions of masks and views would have been cut from).
(No.2 on the plan by La Vega).
HGW24 Pompeii. Fresco with medallions with theatre masks and seaside villas, cut separately from the walls.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9844.
According to Pagano and Prisciandaro, and to the plan of La Vega, these may have come from either of the areas shown as nos. 2 or 3 on the plan by La Vega.
(Fontaine room 2.6).
HGW24 Pompeii.
Drawing by Francesco Morelli, entitled “Parete sul passagio del peristilio del
piano superiore”.
(Wall on the passage of the peristyle of the
upper floor). Incised by
Scarpati.
See Gli Ornati delle Pareti ed I
Pavimenti delle Stanze dell’Antica Pompei, 1838, (No.32).
According to Fontaine, this shows the north wall of the tablinum, but the enlargements of the medallions (below), look very similar to the ones identified by Pagano and Prisciandaro as coming from La Vega plan, either 2 or 3 (3 being the tablinum) or as above, from Fontaine’s room 2.6.
HGW24 Pompeii. Enlargement of medallion on left side of above drawing by Morelli.
HGW24 Pompeii. Enlargement of medallion in centre panel of above drawing by Morelli.
HGW24 Pompeii. Enlargement of medallion on right side of above drawing by Morelli.
HGW24 Pompeii. Villa of Diomedes. October 2023.
Looking north-east from terrace at rear of tablinum, towards doorway of
corridor and window into room on north side of tablinum.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
HGW24 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking south along terrace from near the room with window.
The doorway to the tablinum is hardly visible, on the left.
“No.3 on the La Vega plan was found in the tablinum on 20th February 1771. This room was decorated with various paintings on a red background, and seen were landscapes, houses in the countryside, baskets with figs, and others: the zoccolo/plinth was black with pretty decorations. The floor was of crushed brick (mattoni pesti), with some white stones used as a mosaic. In the frieze of this room (“at the height of the frieze??”) the vase numbered 1 on the plan by La Vega was found.”
From PAH, addendum, p.120
– (No.3 on the plan by La Vega).
Relazione delle antichita, che si
vanno ritrovando nella masseria del sig. D. Giovanni Milano parsonaro, che si
era principiata al di 14 Febbraro 1771. (Report of Antiquities found .....)
“No.3. A di 20 febbraro 1771. Questa stanza
ornata con varie pitture sopra tonica rossa, e sono vedute di paesini, casini
in campagna, canestri con fichi, ed altro; il zoccolo nero con ornati graziosi.
Il pavimento di mattoni pesti, con qualche pietra bianca ad uso di musaico. Nel
fregio di questa stanza si trovo il vaso del no.1.”
(Fontaine,
room 4,2, found on south side of tablinum).
From PAH,1,1,p.249-50, 16th Feb. 1771 and addendum p. 118 and p.156: (see No. 1 on the
La Vega plan).
(Note - the floor and mosaic mentioned, at the beginning of the report were from the Villa of Cicero) ……….we have made another excavation at a nearby site, where already we have begun to discover a room decorated with some paintings, and here we have found a silver vase/pot broken into many minute pieces; this vase/pot if it had been found in its entirety would have been of great value and very precious, it was decorated with figures according to what you can understand from the fragments.
From PAH,1,1, addendum, p.118 –
Relazione delle antichita, che si
vanno ritrovando nella masseria del sig. D. Giovanni Milano parsonaro, che si
era principiata al di 14 Febbraro 1771. (Report of Antiquities found .....)
“No.1. A di 14 febbraio 1771. Si e trovato nel
fregio di questa stanza, e propriamente nel lato che corrisponde a mezzogiorno,
credo caduto da altro appartamento, secondo le rovine trovate, quattordici
pezzi mediocri grandi e quarantatre piccioli di argento, alcuni di questi
figurati, ma interroti, che tutti uniti credo formavano un vaso. Bronzo. Un
crocco con anelletto nell’estremo, lungo on 3 ½, e due altri pezzetti. Tutto
questo si e trovato cosi frantumato, credo per i colpi di sciamarri de’massari,
facendo una fossa per piantar viti.”
From PAH, 1,1, addendum p.156 -16 Febbraio 1771 – Moneta della Campania. Pavimento a musaico nella casa di Arrio. Vaso di
argento istoriato con figure; nos 1 e 3 pianta di La Vega.
From PAH,1,1,p.252, 9th March 1771 and addendum120. (see Nos. 3 and 4 on the plan by La Vega.)
24 pieces of paintings were cut by Canart, that decorated the dwelling being dug out outside the Gate, these were –
3 pieces of views of landscapes and rustic buildings (According to Pagano & Prisciandaro, NAP inv. nos. 9434 below, and 9429 not included here).
3 pieces with similar views (According to Pagano & Prisciandaro, NAP inv. no. 9500 but not included here).
Paintings of a basket of figs with two birds (According to Pagano & Prisciandaro, NAP inv. no. 8640 below),
3 paintings,
- one of a woman lying down being uncovered by a Satyr by
his lifting her cloth, which partly covered her, see below.
- another with a woman sitting on the sea shore, watching a sailing boat some distance from the shore, perhaps this was Ariadne, (according to Pagano &
Prisciandaro: NAP 9046, AdE vii 26, 117, see below).
- another with a young man sitting on a rock admiring himself in the water, where you can see the reflection of his face, nearby was a Cupid, perhaps this was
Narcissus (According to Pagano & Prisciandaro: NAP 9383, AdE vii 28, 127 – where it was provenanced from the tablinum, see below).
6 pieces with 2 Cupids each in the act of flying and carrying various things in their hands, i.e a bird, a thyrsus/rod, a cornucopia, a basket of fruit, etc.
(According to Pagano & Prisciandaro: NAP 9203, AdE vii 7,35, see below).
5 pieces in each of which was a medallion, three with masks, and two with landscape views, (According to Pagano & Prisciandaro: NAP 9844 see above)
2 pieces, one with a tiger, and the other with a stag/deer, (According to Pagano & Prisciandaro: NAP 8770 not included here).
From PAH, addendum, p.156, dated 9 Marzo 1771 – “Pitture che adornavano quest’abitazione; no. 3 e 4 pianta di La Vega. Vedute. Frutti ed uccelli. Satiro con Baccante. Arianna.
Narciso. Geni volanti con varie cose. Tondi con maschere e vedute di paesi.
Animali.”
HGW24 Pompeii. March 2024.
Looking east across tablinum (area 22) towards front
peristyle. Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
HGW24 Pompeii. May 2015. Looking east across tablinum (area
22) towards front peristyle (area 2 and 3). Photo by Thomas Crognier.
©Villa Diomedes
Project, base de données Images, http://villadiomede.huma-num.fr/bdd/images/2074 . Consultée le 05/07/2021.
HGW24 Pompeii. April 2012. North wall of tablinum. Photo by Hélène Dessales.
©Villa Diomedes
Project, base de données Images, http://villadiomede.huma-num.fr/bdd/images/4669 .
Consultée le 05/07/2021.
HGW24
Pompeii. May 2015. South wall of tablinum with doorway to adjacent room. Photo by Thomas Crognier.
©Villa Diomedes
Project, base de données Images, http://villadiomede.huma-num.fr/bdd/images/2085
. Consultée le 05/07/2021.
HGW24 Pompeii. Villa of Diomedes. October 2023. Looking west through
tablinum. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
(Villa Diomedes Project – area 22).
HGW24 Pompeii. Villa of Diomedes. October 2023.
Looking west from terrace/loggia (area 41), at rear of tablinum, with
doorway to area 43. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
(Fontaine – room 4,9)
Looking west from tablinum (area 22) towards
terrace/loggia (area 41 with doorway to area 43). Photo
by Thomas Crognier.
©Villa Diomedes
Project, base de données Images, http://villadiomede.huma-num.fr/bdd/images/2080 .
Consultée le 05/07/2021.
HGW24 Pompeii. Villa of Diomedes. October 2023.
Looking south across terrace from rear of tablinum towards doorway to area
43. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
(Fontaine – 4,9).
HGW24 Pompeii. Architectural landscape.
DAIR Repro_609618. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9434.
HGW24 Pompeii. Painting of basket of figs with two dead
birds, found 9th March 1771 in the tablinum.
Now in Naples
Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8640.
See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli
scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola
Longobardi. (p.70).
Photo ©Villa
Diomedes Project, base de données Images, http://villadiomede.huma-num.fr/bdd/images/5342
HGW24 Pompeii. 1968. Painting of basket of figs with two dead birds, found 9th March 1771. 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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Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8640.
Villa Diomedes Project – area 22).
(According to Fontaine, found in room 4,2 the tablinum).
HGW24 Pompeii. Found 9th March 1771. Wall painting of cup with olives, tray with fish and two partridges.
Found in either the tablinum or the room at northern end of terrace. (No 3 or no.4 on plan by La Vega).
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8634.
HGW24 Pompeii. May 2016. Painting of two pots filled with fruit and two dead birds, found 9th March 1771.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum, inventory number 8634. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
HGW24 Pompeii. Pompeii, 1968. Painting of fruit and dead birds. 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.
J68f0792
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum, inventory number 8634.
HGW24 Pompeii. May 2016. Detail of container with fruit, from above painting.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum, inventory number 8634. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
HGW24 Pompeii. May 2016. Detail of plate of fruit (or fish), from above painting.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum, inventory number 8634. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
HGW24 Pompeii. May 2016. Detail of two dead birds, from above painting.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum, inventory number 8634. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
HGW24 Pompeii. 2013. Bacchante lying down being uncovered by a Satyr, by lifting her cloth, which partly covered her.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 27703.
Photo by Thomas Crognier, ©Villa Diomedes Project, base de
données Images, http://villadiomede.huma-num.fr/bdd/images/571
Now in Naples
Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 27703.
HGW24 Pompeii. Satyr and Nymph.
See Le antichita di Ercolano esposte Tomo 7, Le
Pitture Antiche di Ercolano 5, 1775. (p.149-152, no. 34)
HGW24 Pompeii. 2013. Arianna abandoned, watching the boat of Theseus sailing some distance away.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9046.
Photo by Thomas Crognier, ©Villa Diomedes Project, base de
données Images, http://villadiomede.huma-num.fr/bdd/images/575
HGW24 Pompeii. Fresco of Arianna abandoned, watching the boat of Theseus sailing some distance away.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9046.
HGW24 Pompeii. Drawing of Arianna abandoned, watching the boat of Theseus sailing some distance away.
See Le antichita di Ercolano esposte
Tomo 7, Le Pitture Antiche di Ercolano 5, 1775. (p.115-8, no. 26)
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9046.
HGW24 Pompeii. 2013. Narcissus, sitting on a rock admiring his own reflection in the water, with a cupid nearby.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9383.
Photo by Thomas Crognier, ©Villa Diomedes Project, base de
données Images, http://villadiomede.huma-num.fr/bdd/images/572
HGW24 Pompeii. Narcissus, sitting on a rock admiring his own reflection in the water, nearby was a cupid.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9383.
(According to Pagano & Prisciandaro: NAP 9383, AdE vii 28, 127 – where it was provenanced from the tablinum).
HGW24 Pompeii. Narcissus admiring his own face in the water.
See Le antichita di Ercolano esposte
Tomo 7, Le Pitture Antiche di Ercolano 5, 1775. (p.125-128, no. 28).
HGW24 Pompeii. Cupid fresco showing six cupid panels in which each pair is carrying an attribute of a god.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9203.
Photo by Thomas Crognier, ©Villa Diomedes Project, base de données Images, http://villadiomede.huma-num.fr/bdd/images/577
HGW24 Pompeii. Left hand half of cupid fresco showing three cupid panels in which each pair is carrying an attribute of a god.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9203.
HGW24 Pompeii. Right hand half of cupid fresco showing three cupid panels in which each pair is carrying an attribute of a god.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9203.
HGW24
Pompeii. All 6 pieces were found painted on the yellow walls in the same room.
Two cupids
in each, in the act of flying and carrying various things in their hands, ie. a
bird, a thyrsus/rod, a cornucopia, a basket of fruit, etc, possibly attributes
of a god.
See Le antichita di Ercolano esposte Tomo 7, Le
Pitture Antiche di Ercolano 5, 1779. (p.35, Tav. VII).
(According
to Pagano & Prisciandaro: now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory
number 9203.
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