VI.15.8 Pompeii. Casa del Principe
di Napoli or House of the Prince of Naples.
Linked to VI.15.7. Excavated 1896.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking west across tablinum towards doorway to cubiculum in west wall.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. Cubiculum on west side of tablinum, west wall.
According to NdS, the walls were painted with a white background, and in the panels were flying swans and goats.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1897,
January, (p. 35).
VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007. West wall of cubiculum at rear of tablinum.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2019.
Detail of painting of flying swan from panel on west wall of
cubiculum at south end. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2015. Detail of painting of flying swan from panel on west wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. 1968. Detail of west wall of cubiculum. 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.15.8 Pompeii. 1968.
Detail from panel on west wall of cubiculum. 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.15.8 Pompeii. May 2015. North wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. North wall of cubiculum.
According to NdS, this room had a barrel-vaulted ceiling, and the area near the north wall had a second vaulted area, having a projection of 1.40m.
At the top of this vaulted area, one could see a painted peacock going towards some fruit, on a white background.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1897,
January, (p. 35).
VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2015. Detail of peacock and fruit, from upper north wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. Detail from north wall of cubiculum.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. 1968.
Detail of panel on north wall of cubiculum of a decorative pilaster of painted candelabra of reed.
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.15.8 Pompeii. May 2015.
Detail of goat from centre of panel on north wall of cubiculum at west end. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2015. Detail of goat from centre of panel on north wall of cubiculum at east end. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2019. Looking towards north-east corner of
cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007. East wall of cubiculum at rear of tablinum.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2015.
Detail of painting of flying swan from panel on east wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007. Detail of painting on east wall in cubiculum at rear of tablinum.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2015. Detail of goat from centre of panel on east wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. 1968.
Detail from east wall of top of painted candelabra of reed. 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.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. East wall of cubiculum with doorway to tablinum, and atrium.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2019.
South wall of cubiculum, with window overlooking garden area.
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. South wall of cubiculum, with window overlooking garden area.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007.
Looking out at garden shrine from cubiculum at the rear of the tablinum.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2015. Small upper window from cubiculum to garden area. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2015. Detail from small upper window in south wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2015. Detail of glass remains from small upper window in south wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.