VII .1.8 Pompeii. Terme Stabiane or Stabian Baths.
Entrance, Gymnasium and portico area.
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VII.1.8 Pompeii. October 2023. Looking west along
south portico. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. August 2023. Looking west. Photo courtesy of Maribel Velasco.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. October 2022. Looking west. Photo courtesy of Klaus
Heese.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. September 2021. Information leaflet. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. August 2021.
Looking west to stucco exterior walls of destrictarium E and nymphaeum F, in south-west corner of gymnasium C.
Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.
Looking west to stucco exterior walls of destrictarium E and nymphaeum F, in south-west corner of gymnasium C.
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VII.1.8 Pompeii. May 2012.
Stucco exterior walls of destrictarium E and nymphaeum F, in south-west corner of gymnasium C. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. October 2022.
Detail of remaining stucco on north side of arched entrance. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. July 2021.
Looking north-west towards Nymphaeum F with arched entrance
and stucco plaster.
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VII.1.8 Pompeii. July 2021.
Looking west across gymnasium C towards Nymphaeum F, with
arched entrance and stucco plaster.
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VII.1.8 Pompeii. September 2005. Nymphaeum F with arched entrance and stucco plaster.
Above the entrance is a stucco relief of Jupiter seated, with his hand on the sceptre.
Nearby on a pillar is the eagle.
See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan, p. 199.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. October 2022.
Looking west towards upper arch of nymphaeum F with stucco relief of a seated Zeus. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. October 2022.
Stucco relief of a seated Zeus, above arch of nymphaeum F. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Detail of stucco relief of a seated Zeus, above arch of nymphaeum F. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VII.1.8 Pompeii.
Drawing by
Nicola La Volpe of the stucco image of a seated Zeus on a rock, and the eagle
on a pilaster.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 447.
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VII.1.8 Pompeii. July 2021. Nymphaeum F, looking west.
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VII.1.8 Pompeii. December 2006. South, west, and north walls of nymphaeum F.
The large oblong niche in the west wall was apparently for a statue.
Below a jet of water spurted out just above the marble dado.
See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan, p. 197.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. Drawing by Nicola La Volpe, of painting of a dancing Satyr.
This was either seen on the south wall of
nymphaeum room F, or the north wall of room G, as they were seen in both
places.
These paintings were left in situ without
protection and have now completely disappeared.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 451.
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VII.1.8 Pompeii. July 2021.
Looking towards west wall of nymphaeum F, with niche.
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VII.1.8 Pompeii. April 2019.
Looking towards west wall of nymphaeum F, with niche. Photo
courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. May 2012. Niche in west wall of nymphaeum F. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. May 2012. Mosaic at top of niche in west wall of nymphaeum F. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.1.8
Pompeii. Drawing by Nicola La Volpe, of painted figures/statues from garden
scene.
The walls
of both rooms F and G were painted with garden scenes.
These two
statue/fountains may have been drawn from two of the ones that were visible on
the west wall of room F.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 449.
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VII.1.8 Pompeii. Drawing by Nicola La Volpe, of
painted figures/statues from garden scene.
The walls of both rooms F and G were painted
with garden scenes.
These two statue/fountains are similar but not
identical to the ones above in ADS 449, so were another two seen on the walls
of the rooms, but now more or less completely disappeared.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 450.
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The west
walls of both rooms E and F were subdivided into three parts and showing a
statue supporting a basin with a garden scene behind.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 448.
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VII.1.8 Pompeii. July 2021.
Nymphaeum F, looking through arch in north wall towards swimming pool D
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VII.1.8 Pompeii. June 2012.
North wall of nymphaeum F, looking through arch to swimming pool D. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. December 2006. Arch in north wall of nymphaeum F.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. June 2012.
Nymphaeum F, looking north towards swimming pool D and nymphaeum G. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. June 2012. Looking north across swimming pool D. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. June 2012.
Nymphaeum F, looking east across gymnasium C to portico B and entrance A. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. June 2012. Stucco plaster on outside of nymphaeum F. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VII.1.8 Pompeii.
Drawing by
Nicola La Volpe, of stucco panel seen on south side of doorway to nymphaeum F.
This would
have shown a couple of Satyrs sitting on a gate, the older one on the left
playing a drum/tambourine, the younger one on the right, drinking.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 476.
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VII.1.8 Pompeii. July 2012. Stucco plaster on underneath of arch to nymphaeum F. Photo courtesy of Sharon M. Wolf.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. July 2012.
Detail of stucco plaster on underneath of arch to nymphaeum F. Photo courtesy of Sharon M. Wolf.
In a stucco panel as a keystone of the archway between Palaestra C and room F, Kuivalainen describes –
“A youth riding a panther backwards, with the upper part of his body turned towards the viewer. He holds the panther’s neck with his right hand, and a thyrsus with his left hand. The panther is moving forwards, with its left foreleg raised.”
See Kuivalainen, I., 2021. The Portrayal of Pompeian Bacchus. Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum 140. Helsinki: Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, (p.122, C24).
VII.1.8 Pompeii. June 2012.
Nymphaeum F, east wall. Decorative plasterwork on south side of arch. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. September 2005.
Nymphaeum F, east wall. Decorative plasterwork on south side of arch.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. July 2012. Nymphaeum F, east wall.
Decorative stucco plasterwork figure on south side of arch. Photo courtesy of Sharon M. Wolf.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. July 2012. Nymphaeum F, east wall.
Detail of decorative stucco plasterwork figure on south side of arch. Photo courtesy of Sharon M. Wolf.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. September 2005.
Nymphaeum F, east wall. Decorative stucco plasterwork figure on south side of arch.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. June 2012. Nymphaeum F, east wall.
Decorative stucco plasterwork on north side of arch. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. July 2012. Nymphaeum F, east wall.
Decorative stucco plasterwork on north side of arch. Photo courtesy of Sharon M. Wolf.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. September 2005.
Nymphaeum F, east wall. Decorative stucco plasterwork figure on north side of arch.
South-west corner of gymnasium C. Stucco exterior walls of destrictarium E and nymphaeum F. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.
VII.1.8, Pompeii. 4th December 1971. West side of gymnasium of
Baths.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer, from Dr George Fay’s slides
collection.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. 1968.
South-west corner of gymnasium C. Stucco exterior walls of destrictarium E and nymphaeum F. 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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Looking west towards stucco decoration on south side of doorway to
Nymphaeum F.
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Looking west towards detail of stucco on south side of doorway to
Nymphaeum F.
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VII.1.8 Pompeii. South-west corner of gymnasium C, stucco walls.
Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. October 2022.
South-west corner of gymnasium C, detail of stucco wall on south side of arched doorway.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39.
South-west corner of gymnasium C, detail of stucco wall on south side of arched doorway.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1178.
VII.1.8 Pompeii Stabian Baths. Plaster on wall in south-west corner of gymnasium C.
Old undated photograph courtesy of the Society of Antiquaries, Fox Collection.
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