IX.2.27
Pompeii. Casa delle Nozze di Nettuno e Anfitrite
or Casa della Principessa
Margherita or Casa del Granduca di Toscana.
Excavated
1849 and 1869.
Part 1 Part 2
IX.2.27 Pompeii. March 2019. Looking east along roadway from entrance doorway.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. March 2019. Looking west along front façade on unnamed roadway towards entrance doorway, on right.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.2.27/26 Pompeii. March 2019.
Front façade wall, separation between IX.2.26, on left, and IX.2.27, on right.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. March 2019. Looking south towards pilaster on east side of doorway.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. March 2019. Painted decoration in roadway on east side of entrance doorway.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. March 2019. Detail of painted decoration on east side of entrance doorway.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking south through entrance.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. September 2019. Looking south through entrance
doorway.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. September 2019.
Looking out into Via degli Augustali, and west side of
entrance doorway.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking out into Via degli Augustali and the east side of entrance doorway.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. September 2019. Looking south-east from entrance
doorway.
This small house did not have an atrium as such, but opened into a
small peristyle.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. September 2019.
Looking south from entrance doorway.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. July 2017. Looking south from entrance
doorway across portico.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. 1964.
Looking south-east from entrance doorway across portico. 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.2.27 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking south-east across the remains of the portico. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. September 2019. Looking towards triclinium at
north end of east side.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. July 2017. Looking east towards rooms on east
side.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. May 2010. Doorway to triclinium, in centre, on east side in north-east corner.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. September 2019. Looking east through doorway into
triclinium in north-east corner.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. September 2019. Looking east across flooring with
remaining black and white mosaic.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. July 2017. Floor in triclinium on north end of
east side, with outline of shape for emblema.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. Mosaic of Neptune and Amphitrite in a chariot, this was found in a triclinium on east side of peristyle.
This was the emblema in the centre of a border of black and white mosaic of meanders and squares.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum, inventory number 10007.
According to PPM –
“And in front of it, placed towards the entrance, was another complicated
decorative motif, now lost.”
See Carratelli,
G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e
Mosaici. IX. (9). Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, (p. 117, no.2).
IX.2.27 Pompeii. Mosaic of Neptune and Amphitrite in a chariot, this was found in a triclinium on east side of peristyle.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum, inventory number 10007.
According to information card –
Poseidon and Amphitrite on wedding chariots.
Mosaic emblema in opus vermiculatum made from polychrome tesserae.
The scene is a depiction of the wedding of Poseidon/Neptune and Amphitrite.
In the upper register, the carriage with the bride and bridegroom is pulled by a Triton playing a double flute;
in the lower register, the carriage of the bride dressed in white is pulled by a Triton playing a lyre, while cupids flutter around.
The picture is framed by a vine shoot adorned with ribbons. (First half of the Ist century BC.)
(Poseidone e
Anfitrite su carri nuziali.
Emblema
pavimentale in opus vermiculatum di tessere policrome.
La scena
raffigura le nozze di Nettuno e Anfitrite.
Nel registro
superiore, il cocchio con gli sposi è trainato da un Tritone che suona il
doppio flauto;
in quello
inferiore, il carro della sposa, in abito bianco, è tirato da un Tritone che
suona la cetra, mentre attorno svolazzano Amorini.
Incornicia il
quadro un tralcio di vite avvolto da nastri. Prima metà del I secolo a.C.)
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella. September 2024.
Detail of upper register of mosaic of Neptune and Amphitrite in a chariot, this was found in a triclinium on east side of peristyle.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum, inventory number 10007.
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella. September
2024.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum, inventory number 10007.
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella. September
2024.
Detail
of remaining mosaic in floor of triclinium in room on east side.
Foto
Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. c,1930. Looking across remaining flooring of triclinium, mostly now lost.
See Blake,
M., (1930). The pavements of the Roman Buildings of the Republic and Early
Empire. Rome, MAAR, 8, (p.84, 143, & Pl.20, tav.2).
Or See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.2. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.137.), p. 253.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. c.1930. Mosaic from large room (triclinium)
left of peristyle.
DAIR 41.703. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut,
Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
See Pernice, E.
1938. Pavimente und Figürliche Mosaiken: Die Hellenistische
Kunst in Pompeji, Band VI. Berlin: de Gruyter, (tav. 34,4, above.)
IX.2.27 Pompeii. July 2017. Looking east towards doorways to rooms
in south-east corner, the cubiculum is in the centre.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. 1903. Looking east across cubiculum mosaic flooring in room on east side of peristyle.
Photo by Esther Boise Van Deman (c) American Academy in Rome.
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IX.2.27 Pompeii. c.1930. Mosaic flooring in cubiculum on
east side of peristyle.
DAIR 41.702.
Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
See Pernice, E.
1938. Pavimente und Figürliche Mosaiken: Die Hellenistische
Kunst in Pompeji, Band VI. Berlin: de Gruyter, (tav. 34,3, above.)
IX.2.27 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Mosaic flooring in cubiculum on east side of peristyle. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.
According to Warscher –
“the room next to the triclinium by reputation was known as a cubiculum dormitory:
in the flooring a direct strip composed of black and white stones, indicated the place where the bed would have been.”
See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.2. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.139.), p. 262.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. Mosaic of ducks and fish found in a cubiculum on the east side of the peristyle.
This was the emblema in the centre of a black and white mosaic.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum, inventory number 109371.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. Mosaic of ducks and fish found in a cubiculum on the east side of the peristyle.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum, inventory number 109371.
According to the information card -
Fish and ducks.
Mosaic emblema in opus vermiculatum made from Polychrome tesserae.
Still lifes, separated by a branch of leaves and berries, are depicted against a white background.
In the upper register, there is a sea bass above three red mullets; two mallards and an Egyptian goose tied together by a lace are depicted in the lower register. (First half of the Ist century BC.)
(Pesci e anatre.
Emblema pavimentale a mosaico di tessere
policrome.
Sul fondo bianco, sono rappresentate nature morte,
separate da un ramo di foglie e bacche.
Nel registro superiore, vi è una spigola sopra tre
triglie; in quello inferiore, compaiono due germani e un’oca egiziana legate
con un laccio.
Prima metà del I secolo a.C.)
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella. September
2024.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.
Window in south wall of cubiculum, which gave light to the understairs area.
See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.2. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.141.), p. 265.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking south-east from entrance across the remains of the portico towards the workshop, on right.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. 1964. Looking south-east towards doorways to cubiculum, stairs and workshop. 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.2.27 Pompeii. May 2005. Stairs to upper floor, on east side of peristyle.
According to Trendelenburg,
“The room adjacent to the triclinium was regarded as a cubiculum, due to a stripe in the floor composed of black and white stones, which indicated the place where the bed would have been.
Then followed an opening for the stairs, and at the end of this side another room with a spacious entrance.
See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza
Archeologica (DAIR), 1871, p.178
IX.2.27 Pompeii. 1964.
Stairs to upper floor, on east side of peristyle. On the left is the 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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IX.2.27 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking east across room in south-east corner, with doorway to another room at the rear, on the right.
On the left is a doorway leading to the area under the stairs. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.
Looking towards north-east corner and doorway to room under stairs.
See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.2. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.142.), p. 266.
IX.2.27 Pompeii. May 2005. Remains of painted plaster from room on east side of peristyle.
According to Trendelenburg,
“Facing this room was the door of a room, (the triclinium) which preserved its stucco decoration: the zoccolo painted in the guise of marble, painted yellow panels with cupids and frieze of the same colour. The wall opposite the entrance also featured a painting of the noted representation of Narcissus sitting on a stone, below which was a pond in which was reflected his face. He supported his left arm on the stone and in his right hand held a spear, while a cupid looked towards him”.
See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza
Archeologica (DAIR), 1871, p. 178.