IX.2.10 Pompeii. House of Chlorus and Caprasia or Casa del Gallo II.

Casa della Principessa Margherita?

Excavated 1848, 1851 and 1867. (Strada Stabiana 62).

IX.2.10-11-12 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Plan and photo by Tatiana Warscher.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.2. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome, p. 61.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance.

In March 1848, found painted in red on the pilaster on the left, between IX.2.9 and IX.2.10, were

C(aium)  Calventium

II v(irum)  i(ure)  d(icundo)  Chlorus  rog(at)    [CIL IV 921]

Cn(aeum)  Helvium  Sabinum

[…]  o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)    [CIL IV 922]

See PAH II, 477 s, of 18th March 1848, where the above two CIL’s (921 and 922) are reported as being from the left side of the street.

CIL IV 923 below, is indicated as being found on a pilaster on the right side of the street, (i.e. VII.1.22, opposite this house).

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi.  (p.164)

According to Cooley, CIL IV 923 graffiti was found at IX.II.9-10, and translated as

We ask for Cn. Helvius Sabinus as aedile. Caprasia votes for him.

See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii: A Sourcebook. London: Routledge. (p.122, F51)

According to Della Corte, on the left of the entrance, between IX.2.9 and IX.2.10, were found the electoral recommendations of the inhabitants:

Chlorus  rog(at)   [CIL IV 921]           Caprasia    [CIL IV 923]

See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.209).

IX.2.10 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Entrance doorway on Via Stabiana. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.2. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.27.), p. 59.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking east along entrance corridor from doorway. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. July 2017. Looking east along entrance corridor from doorway.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking east along entrance corridor. 

On the walls, the high zoccolo would have been black and subdivided into panels by narrow red bands.

The upper zone of the walls would have been painted white.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance corridor looking west to entrance.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. 1966. Looking south-west from peristyle area, towards entrance corridor. 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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On the north side of the corridor, centre right in photo, would be the doorway to a triclinium, not photographed.

According to Sogliano, the paintings found in this room, the triclinium on west side of peristyle, would be - 

Psyche with plate in left hand. (no. 388 but nearly vanished). Psyche with cornucopia or similar, (no.389.), p.67.

Female figure, on a yellow background, with dark red mantle, in her right hand a plate and her left hand holding up a garland? (no.834), p.160.

See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: Giannini. (p.67 and 160)

According to Helbig, Apollo (H216), Endymion (H959), and Narcissus (H1360) were found here.

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Photo by Tatiana Warscher

According to Warscher –

“this is a photo of all that remained of the wall paintings. The three central paintings have been taken to the Museum.”

 See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.2. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.37.), p. 92.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. 1851 painting by G. Abbate of triclinium wall.

DAIR 83.222. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. Painting by Giuseppe Abbate, 1851 copy of painting of Endymion and Selene from triclinium.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 976.

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Original painting: Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9246.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. Drawing by Giuseppe Abbate, 1851, of painting of Endymion and Selene found on wall of triclinium on 22^nd April 1851.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 975.

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The painting was detached and taken to Naples Museum, inv. 9246.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. Triclinium. Painting of Apollo and Daphne.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9533.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. Drawing by Giuseppe Abbate, 1851, of painting of Apollo and Daphne found in the same triclinium on a wall with a yellow background.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 979.

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The original painting was also detached and taken to Naples Archaeological Museum.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. Painting of Narcissus and the nymph found in the same triclinium.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9386.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. Drawing by Giuseppe Abbate, 1851, of painting of Narcissus and the nymph found in the same triclinium

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, (1360).

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 977.

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The original painting was detached and is now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9386.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking east from entrance corridor towards the vaulted room or tablinum. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking east along the walkway on the south side of the peristyle, towards the vaulted room or tablinum.

On the right is the window and doorway of a cubiculum, with red zoccolo and panelled middle zone to the walls, but now all faded.

On the left is the window of a triclinium, described by Fiorelli as an oecus.

See Fiorelli, G, (1875), Descrizione di Pompei, (p.380).

IX.2.10 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.

Looking south-east across pseudo-peristyle with terracotta puteal over cistern mouth, towards the vaulted tablinum.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.2. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.28.), p. 63.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Tablinum, looking east in room with vaulted ceiling.

According to Fiorelli, on the south side of this room would have been a doorway to a large rustic room with a separate entrance at IX.2.14.

This might have been used as a shop or storeroom.

See Fiorelli, G, (1875), Descrizione di Pompei, (p.380).

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IX.2.10 Pompeii. W.1487. Tablinum, east wall with painted decoration.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Tablinum, central painting on east wall. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.

Described by Warscher as –

“The central painting of the wall was a pair of columns joined by their lintel on which an urn was placed:

in the middle of the two columns the raised branch of a sacred tree passed.

To the right stands a circular tower with an order of windows at the top.”

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.2. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.31.), p. 68.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. 1880 painting of tablinum, east wall.

DAIR 83.221. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. c.1870’s. Painting by Luigi Bazzani showing detail of east wall of tablinum.

Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum. Inventory number 2039-1900.

IX.2.10. Pompeii. December 2007. Tablinum, with vaulted ceiling. For description of the painted ceiling in this tablinum, 

See Pompejanische Kopien aus Danemark, SAP No. 24, by M. Staub Gierow, (p. 231, cat. 277).

IX.2.10 Pompeii. c.1908-1909. Description by Sogliano, described as III.II.10.

According to Sogliano –

« The real barrel vault, which covers the large room facing the entrance is one of the few still covered with plaster and richly painted.

In the back tympanum, almost semicircular, the rooster was painted which gave the house its vulgar name.

Of the above-mentioned vault almost a half was found, but the surviving decoration was so great that it is not difficult for the imagination to supply the rest. This task is now made all the easier by the reconstruction of the missing part of the vault; and the replaced part defends the ancient part and all the stuccoes with its advantageous ledge.”

See Sogliano, A. (1909). Dei lavori eseguiti in Pompei dal 1 Luglio 1908 a tutto Giugno 1909. (p.11).

IX.2.10. Pompeii. 1959. Tablinum, with vaulted painted ceiling. 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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IX.2.10. Pompeii. 1959. Tablinum, painted decoration from top of east wall. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

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IX.2.10 Pompeii. April 1882. Painting by Hector Estrup showing vaulted ceiling.

See Skitsebog Hector Estrup (1854-1904) Italiensrejse 1882, pl. 37.

© Danmarks Kunstbibliotek, inventory number 52694.

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IX.2.10 Pompeii. Undated painting by Pierre Gusman. Tablinum, painted upper east wall with vaulted ceiling.

(XXIII. Oecus voûté d'une maison de la rue de Stabies. Quatrième style.)

See Gusman P., 1924. La Décoration Murale de Pompei. Paris : Morancé, pl. XXIII.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Wall painting of cockerel pecking at a bunch of grapes, from tablinum.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. 1957. Detail from painting in vaulted area. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

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IX.2.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Wall painting of a wheatsheaf and pomegranate, from tablinum.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. 1957. Detail of painting in vaulted area. 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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IX.2.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Painted arched ceiling from north side of tablinum.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. Undated painting by Luigi Bazzani with detail from north side of vaulted ceiling in Tablinum.

Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum. Inventory number 2045-1900.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Painted arched ceiling from south side of tablinum.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. 1877 copy by Discanno of vaulted ceiling in tablinum.

See Presuhn E., 1877. Die pompejanischen Wanddecorationen. Leipzig: Weigel, Taf. XIII.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Photo by Tatiana Warscher. South wall at west end, with doorway linking to rooms of IX.2.14.

According to Warscher -

“this is a photo of the north wall with opening, which gave into room “k”.

Above the window is a part of the decoration of the vault with a representation of a sea-horse.

On the wall we see the remains of the decoration, which corresponds to that of the north wall.”

However, we think this is the south wall, each of the four corners of the vault appeared to have been painted identically.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.2. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.33.), p. 71.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Rooms next to the north wall to the east of the peristyle.

Small room or cupboard on left, and corridor to narrow room, kitchen and latrine on right.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Narrow room on the east side of kitchen.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Kitchen on north-east side of the peristyle. Stone bench on east side.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Latrine? on west side of kitchen.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking towards south side of peristyle.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to cubiculum on south side of peristyle.

According to PPP, in this cubiculum the zoccolo was painted black with panels, and the middle zone of the walls would have been painted red.

On the south wall, the central panel was azure blue with the painting of Galatea and Polyphemus (30 x 30).

See Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1986. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 3. Rome: ICCD. (p.410)

According to Fiorelli, remaining painted in this room were a group of flying Cupids and Psyches, and a figure of a naked Galatea, seen from her shoulders, embracing and joining to Polyphemus, sitting on a rock.

See Fiorelli, G, (1875). Descrizione di Pompei, (p.380).

According to Sogliano, the paintings found here would have been –

Eros & Psyche (no.397) and Flying Eros & Psyche (no.398) both on a red background in the cubiculum under the south portico of garden.

Galatea, (but nearly destroyed) (no.475).

See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: Giannini. (p.68 and p.79)

Also according to Sogliano, from the windowed cubiculum under the south portico of the garden, the following painting was seen –

Female crowned figure, with a plate in her left hand, from which it seemed she was taking something with her right hand, (0.29 high red monochrome on yellow background) (no.825, p.159).  (Note: this may or may not be from this particular room).

See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: Giannini. (p.159)

For description of the upper zone of the wall in this cubiculum,

See Pompejanische Kopien aus Danemark, SAP No. 24, by M. Staub Gierow. (p.231, cat 276)

IX.2.10 Pompeii. Old undated photo of south wall of cubiculum on south side of peristyle.

The central panel was azure blue with the painting of Galatea and Polyphemus.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. 1886. Watercolour copy of south wall of cubiculum.

The blue panel in the centre has the painting of Polyphemus and Galatea.

See D’Amelio P., 1886. Dipinti Murali di Pompei. Naples: Richter. Tav. 1.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. Painting by Niccolini of wall with centre painting described by him as “Adonis and Venus”.

See Niccolini F, 1862. Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei: Volume Secondo. Napoli, Descrizione Generale, (Tav. XLVI).

IX.2.10 Pompeii. 1877. Watercolour copy by G. Discanno of south wall of cubiculum.

According to Steeger, the graceful decoration of this cubicle has almost all disappeared, so this reproduction preserves for future times an image of the disappearing paintings.
In particular, the frieze of this wall is worthy of observation, because the design offers an example that resembles upholstery.

The curves were marked first with the compass; the figures in the boxes are not painted in fretwork, because each one is different from the other.
A wide frame of very protruding stucco separates the frieze from the middle wall.

The blue panel in the centre has the painting of Polyphemus and Galatea.

The candelabras on the black vertical bands that divide the compartments and descend into the plinth, were executed with such finesse, that a small copy could not reproduce them perfectly.

See Steeger V., 1877. Le più belle pareti di Pompei. Torino: Loescher. Fasc. III, p. 7, Tav. VII.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. 1877. Watercolour copy by G. Discanno of upper wall of cubiculum.

According to Presuhn, this reproduces a fragment of an upper wall whose design is obviously copied from a ceiling.

The figures which occupy the center of each circle are most varied.

See Presuhn E., 1877. Die pompejanischen Wanddecorationen. Leipzig: Weigel, Taf. XIV.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. December 2007.

Remains of painted central panel of south wall in cubiculum on south side of peristyle.

According to Bragantini, the wall painting in the central panel on the south wall was of Galatea and Polyphemus.

See Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1986. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 3. Rome: ICCD. (p.410, cubicolo ‘g’)

IX.2.10 Pompeii. 1886. Detail from watercolour by D’Amelio, of painting of Polyphemus and Galatea.

Galatea is seen from behind, half naked from her shoulders, embracing and joining to Polyphemus, who is sitting on a rock.

See D’Amelio P., 1886. Dipinti Murali di Pompei. Naples: Richter. pl. 1.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. South wall. 1873 drawing by G. Discanno of painting of Polyphemus and Galatea.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 980.

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IX.2.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Remains of painted wall panels, and stucco cornice in south-east corner of cubiculum.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. Pre-1943. South-east corner of cubiculum.

In the centre of the red side panel of the south wall would have been a painting of Psyche and a Cupid.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.2. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.34.), p. 74.

IX.2.10 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking south to stone staircase to upper floor.