VI.8.22 Pompeii. Casa della Fontana Grande or House of the Large Fountain
or Casa della prima Fontana a mosaico or House of Helvius Vestalis.
First excavated 1826.
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VI.8.22 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 11, looking north at south end of garden area, with cistern.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 11, west wall of garden area, with remains of painted plaster of garden paintings.
According to Jashemski, a simple garden painting was still visible on the south side (left) of the fountain.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.135)
VI.8.22 Pompeii. Pre 1836. Drawing by Gell of Room 11, garden area and portico with doorway to triclinium on right.
Gell wrote –
“This plate exhibits the garden, pseudo-garden or painted wall, and part of the inner portico of a dwelling which, on account of the fountain here also represented, caused a greater sensation at Naples than any previous discovery had created. The house was found in the month of June 1830, and the excavation terminated in October. The arch or alcove of the fountain is on the spot termed the grotto, and that is the name by which at the moment it may be found.
The high wall was, at the time of excavation, perfect, and this drawing is probably now the only record of its existence, the author having been fortunate enough to copy it before the painting fell. Had it gone no higher than the front row of panels of alternate yellow and blue, the effect would have been very pleasing, but the upper line of pictures, one of which seemed to have represented a boar hunt, destroyed the illusion. In the panels were several birds, painted with great spirit, some of which were killing reptiles, and a curious collection of garden rails of several forms, which are here represented……. Etc.”
See Gell, W and Gandy, J., 1880. Pompeii, its destruction and re-discovery. New York: Worthington.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. May 2017. Room 11, looking towards the large fountain on west side of garden. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. May 2017. Portico flooring on east side of fountain. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. January 2019.
Large mosaic aedicula fountain with statuette. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. May 2017. Large mosaic aedicula fountain. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. December 2006. Room 11, view of the large fountain on west side of garden.
VI.8.22 Pompeii, 1978. Fountain. 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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VI.8.22 Pompeii. c.1900. Large fountain. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. Undated. House of the Great Fountain in Pompeii
by Luigi Bazzani.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. c.1888? Watercolour by Luigi Bazzani, mosaic
fountain with cascade and tragic masks.
Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum. Inventory number D.115-1889.
VI.8.22 Pompeii.
From a coloured album by M. Amodio, dated c.1880. Large Fountain.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. Album by M. Amodio, c.1880, entitled “Pompei,
destroyed on 23 November 79, discovered in 1748”.
Large Fountain. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. From an album dated c.1875-1885. Large Fountain.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. Album by Roberto Rive
dated 1868. Large Fountain. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. 1972. Looking north towards side of fountain. 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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VI.8.20 Pompeii. 1972. Looking north to hollow marble mask. 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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VI.8.22 Pompeii. January 2019.
Hollow marble mask on south side of fountain. Photo
courtesy of Johannes Eber.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. March 2009. Hollow marble mask on south side of fountain, used as a lamp at night.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. 11th May 1878. Watercolour by Luigi
Bazzani of hollow marble mask on south side of fountain.
Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum. Inventory number 1071-1886.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. December 2006. Detailed view of mask on left (or south) of the large fountain.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. 1968.
Detailed view of mask on left (or south) of the large fountain.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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VI.8.22 Pompeii. 1968.
Detail of mask on left (or south) of the large fountain. 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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VI.8.22 Pompeii. 1968.
Detail of mask on left (or south) of the large fountain. 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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VI.8.22 Pompeii. Pre-1937-1939. Detail of mask on left (or south) of the large fountain.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 355.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail of aedicula mosaic and shell fountain. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. January 2019. Detail from top of fountain. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail from fountain. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. January 2019. Upper south side of fountain. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail from upper south side of fountain. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail of mosaic from south side of fountain. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. January 2019. Detail
from niche of fountain. Photo
courtesy of Johannes Eber.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail from niche of fountain. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. Pre-1937-1939. Detail of niche.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 353.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail from niche of fountain. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail from north end of fountain. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail of shell and mosaic from north end of fountain. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. March 2009. Detail of fountain, with centre panel of a mask of a river god surrounded by plants.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. January 2019.
Detail from south end of fountain. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. January 2019.
Detail from centre panel of a mask of a river god surrounded
by plants. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail from centre panel of a mask of a river god surrounded by plants. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. January 2019.
Detail from centre panel of a mask of a river god surrounded
by plants. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail from centre panel of a mask of a river god surrounded by plants. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking south towards side of fountain. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. 1968.
Hollow marble mask of bearded male figure on north side of fountain. 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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Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 356.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Detail of marble mask on north side of fountain.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1311.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. January 2019. Hollow marble mask on north
side of fountain. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. May 2017. Hollow marble mask on north side of fountain, after restoration. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. March 2009. Hollow marble mask of bearded male figure on north side of fountain, used as a lamp at night.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. 1968.
Hollow marble mask of bearded male figure on north side of fountain. 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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VI.8.22 Pompeii. 1968.
Hollow marble mask of bearded male figure on north side of fountain. 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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VI.8.22 Pompeii. May 2017. Centre panel of a mask of a river god surrounded by plants.
Underneath is the opening for the water which then fell down the marble steps into the pool below. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. March 2009. Large fountain. Centre panel of a mask of a river god surrounded by plants.
Underneath is the opening for the water which then fell down the marble steps into the pool below.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. May 2017.
East end of pool of large fountain topped with white marble, with the remains of blue paint on the walls, after restoration.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. May 2017.
Looking towards the west end of pool of large fountain. The remains of blue paint can be seen on the walls. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
East end of pool of large fountain topped with white marble. The remains of blue paint can be seen on the walls.
VI.8.22 Pompeii, 1980.
Reconstruction of fountain on display at Getty Museum, Malibu, USA. 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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VI.8.22 Pompeii, August 2021. Detail of fountain and
statuette. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.
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Pompeii. January 2019. Statuette and fountain. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
VI.8.22 Pompeii, June 2019.
Looking west to
large fountain, with statuette. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.8.22 Pompeii, 1978.
Detail of mosaic on fountain, and bronze statuette. 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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According to Wilhelmina, this bronze statuette is a replica of one found in the garden of IX.7.20 and displayed here.
It was one of the finest found in the Vesuvian area.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.135 and p.240)
VI.8.22 Pompeii, 1968.
Bronze statuette of a cupid holding a dolphin (0.56m high) shown in the photo on display in the fountain at VI.8.22.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum, inventory number 111701: Ruesch no 818.
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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VI.8.22 Pompeii. 1961.
Bronze statuette of a cupid holding a dolphin (0.56m high) shown in the photo on display in the fountain at VI.8.22.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum, inventory number 111701: Ruesch no 818.
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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VI.8.22 Pompeii. March 2009.
Room 11, looking north across garden. The triclinium looked out onto this end, through a large window in its west wall.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. May 2017.
Room 11, looking towards north-east corner of garden area with large window from triclinium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. May 2017. Room 11, structure in north-east corner of garden area. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. May 2017. Room 11, remains of painted decoration on east wall of garden area. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. May 2017. Room 11, remains of column in east wall of garden area. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.8.22 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail of paving in portico/garden area. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
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