I.2.17 Pompeii. House. Excavated 1869.
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I.2.17 Pompeii. September 2010. South side wall of shrine, looking north along east wall in room 13.
Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.17 Pompeii. September 2010. Shrine against east wall, looking east. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.17 Pompeii. March 2009.
Room 13, east wall, with shrine to Venus. This originally contained a statue of Venus.
I.2.17 Pompeii. September 2010. Room 13, detail of niche of shrine. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.17 Pompeii. October 2023.
Statuette
of Venus from Room 13, east wall, found in March 1873.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 109608.
On display in “L’altro
MANN” exhibition, October 2023. Photo courtesy
of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
According to Fiorelli –
“Found in a niche
faced with marble, this standing statuette of Venus leaning against her idol,
still keeping the colours in which it had been painted.”
See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.36).
I.2.17 Pompeii. October
2023.
Statuette of Venus
from Room 13, east wall, found in March 1873.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 109608.
On display in “L’altro MANN” exhibition, October 2023. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
I.2.17 Pompeii. October
2023.
Statuette of Venus
from Room 13, east wall, found in March 1873.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 109608.
On display in “L’altro MANN” exhibition, October 2023. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
I.2.17 Pompeii. October
2023.
Side and rear view of
statuette of Venus from Room 13, east wall, found in March 1873.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 109608.
On display in “L’altro MANN” exhibition, October 2023. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
I.2.17 Pompeii. October
2023.
Detail of statuette of
Venus from Room 13, east wall, found in March 1873.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 109608.
On display in “L’altro MANN” exhibition, October 2023. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
I.2.17 Pompeii. October
2023.
Detail of the small
statuette at the side of Venus, which she leans on, from Room 13, east wall,
found in March 1873.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 109608.
On display in “L’altro MANN” exhibition, October 2023. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
I.2.17 Pompeii. Found in March 1873.
Room 13, east wall, with shrine to Venus. This contained a statue of Venus.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 109608.
I.2.17 Pompeii but shown as I.2.18 on photo. Pre-1937-39. Looking towards east wall.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 615.
1.2.17 Pompeii. 1935 photo taken by Tatiana Warscher. Looking towards east wall, with shrine to Venus.
This originally contained a statue of Venus.
See Warscher T., 1935. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.2. (no.31), Rome: DAIR, whose copyright it remains.
1.2.17 Pompeii. Statue of Venus from niche in east wall of peristyle.
Warscher in her Codex described this as a “Riprod.dall’Arch.Zeitung 1881, t.7, (article by Dilthey).
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 109608.
See Warscher T., 1935. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.2. (no.32), Rome: DAIR, whose copyright it remains.
1.2.17 Pompeii. Painting by K Dilthey of polychrome statue of Venus from niche in east wall of peristyle.
See Dilthey K. 1881. Polychrome Venusstatuette in Archäologische Zeitung (DAI) 1881, pp. 131-7, Tafel 7.
I.2.17 Pompeii. September 2010. Detail of ceiling of niche with shell-like fluted and painted decoration. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.17 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, east wall. Ceiling of niche with shell-like fluted and painted decoration.
I.2.17 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, shrine on east wall.
The wall behind the statue was painted to represent blue drapery.
I.2.17 Pompeii. March 2009. North end of niche on east wall. Detail of the remains of painted blue drapery.
I.2.17 Pompeii. March 2009. South end of niche on east wall. Detail of the remains of painted blue drapery.
I.2.17 Pompeii. September 2010. North side wall of shrine, looking south along east wall in room 13.
Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.17 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, north-east corner, with doorway to I.2.18.
I.2.17 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking north in room 13, north-east corner, with doorway to 1.2.18, on right.
Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.17 Pompeii. March 2009. North-east corner of peristyle, with doorway to I.2.18.
I.2.17 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking east into I.2.18. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
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