VII .9.47 Pompeii. Casa di Marte e Venere or
Casa delle Nozze di Ercole.
House of Mars and Venus or House of the Wedding of Hercules.
Linked to VII.9.48, VII.9.51 and VII.9.65. Excavated 1820.
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VII.9.47 Pompeii. Plan of house discovered in 1820. Painting by Lesueur "Maison découverte
en 1820".
See
Lesueur, Jean-Baptiste Ciceron. Voyage en Italie de Jean-Baptiste Ciceron
Lesueur (1794-1883), pl. 1.
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VII.9.47 Pompeii. 1826. Plan with measurements by P.A. Poirot, with entrance doorway, lower centre.
See Poirot, P. A., 1826. Carnets
de dessins de Pierre-Achille Poirot. Tome 2 : Pompeia, pl. 54.
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VII.9.47 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance doorway.
According to Gell –
“At the entrance next the Pantheon is an anchor between two dolphins in mosaic, and on the right on entering the Atrium, is, or was, the picture (see Plate VI, below), which, however the colours may have changed to red by time or heat, must be considered as an agreeable composition.
The Atrium has two alae, in one of which is an altar, and after passing the Tablinum, where is a picture of Venus disarming the God of War, with Cupid carrying off his sword and shield, we find a magnificent peristyle of seven columns by six, terminated by a wall, in which is an opening to the alley of the Chalcidicum.”
See Gell, W, 1832. Pompeiana: Vol 1.
London: Jennings and Chaplin, (p. 9).
According to Real Museo Borbonico, vol.3 –
“The painting of Mars and Venus found in the tablinum was from a centre of a wall situated in a house to the side of the crypt of Eumachia.
At the entrance to the house was a mosaic which showed an anchor, this was excavated in the summer of 1820.”
See Real Museo Borbonico Vol III., 1827, Tav. XXXV.
VII.9.47 Pompeii. Drawing by William Gell, according to Gell, this was to be seen on the west wall of atrium.
See Gell, W, 1832. Pompeiana: Vol 1. London: Jennings and Chaplin, (pl. VI, opposite p. 8).
VII.9.47 Pompeii. December 2005. East wall of vestibule and entrance corridor.
VII.9.47 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance vestibule and fauces, looking south across atrium.
VII.9.47 Pompeii. March 2009. White marble step into entrance vestibule.
VII.9.47 Pompeii. March 2009. East wall of the vestibule.
VII.9.47 Pompeii. March 2009. West wall of the vestibule.
VII.9.47 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking north from room 1, atrium, to vestibule and Vicolo del Balcone Pensile.
VII.9.47 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, atrium. Looking south to tablinum.
VII.9.47 Pompeii. December 2005. Room 1, impluvium in atrium.
VII.9.47 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, remains of flooring in atrium.
VII.9.47 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, atrium. Doorway to shop at VII.9.48
VII.9.47 Pompeii. December 2005. North-east corner of room 1, the atrium. Doorways to shop, on left, and room 2, on right.
VII.9.47 Pompeii. December 2005. Doorway to room 2, looking east.
VII.9.47 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 2, cubiculum showing south wall.
VII.9.47 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, cubiculum. Looking east
VII.9.47 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, cubiculum door sill and flooring.
VII.9.47 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 3, anteroom, from atrium.
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