VI.8.20 Pompeii. The Fullonica of L. Veranius Hypsaeus.
Linked to VI.8.21 House of L. Veranius Hypsaeus, and VI.8.2.
Excavated 1824 and 1829. (Strada
di Mercurio 38).
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VI.8.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, entrance corridor looking west to peristyle area.
VI.8.20 Pompeii. December 2018.
Room
4, looking south-west across peristyle area, from east portico. Photo courtesy
of Aude Durand.
VI.8.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4, looking from east portico towards north-west, across peristyle area.
VI.8.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4, remains of floor tesserae in peristyle area.
VI.8.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4, looking south across east side of peristyle area.
According to Jashemski, the peristyle garden (excavated in 1825-26) had a portico on all four sides.
This was supported by eleven thick brick pillars which had replaced earlier columns.
The pillar in the middle of the east side is not shown on the Eschebach plan.
Between the two pillars at the south end of the east side of the portico there was a fountain.
On three sides of the corner (left) pillar was a remarkable series of four paintings which pictured in detail the various processes in the fulling industry.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.134, figs 145,6,7,8)
VI.8.20 Pompeii. Fountain in the fullery of L. Veranius Hypsaeus, drawing by Gell.
Between the two pillars at the south end of the east side of the portico there was a fountain.
This was unlike any other fountain found at Pompeii so far.
It consisted of a marble basin supported by a small, fluted pedestal which stood in a pool of unusual shape.
Water jetted from pipes (concealed in the projection –a low wall attached to each pillar) falling into the basin.
It then overflowed into the pool.
On the left pillar was a painting of a river god, on the opposite pillar a painting of standing female figure.
There was also a painting of Bacchus and of Apollo on the low walls flanking the pillars.
There was also a painting of an altar with two large serpents on one of the pillars.
On three sides of the corner (left) pillar was a remarkable series of four paintings which pictured in detail the various processes in the fulling industry.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.134, figs 145 to 148).
“On the south pillar, depictions of a fullonica (now in MANN). On the east wall, a young standing Bacchus with a panther.”
See Kuivalainen, I., 2021. The Portrayal of Pompeian Bacchus. Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum 140. Helsinki: Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, p.96, B4, as well as p.111, C8 for another young Bacchus with a panther in the same area, on the same wall.
VI.8.20 Pompeii. c.1830. Drawing from sketchbook of Gell, showing the fountain behind the House of the Tragic Poet.
See Gell, W. Sketchbook of Pompeii, c.1830.
See book from Van Der Poel Campanian Collection on Getty
website http://hdl.handle.net/10020/2002m16b425
VI.8.20 Pompeii. July 2021.
Looking towards front and right-hand side of pillar
with fullonica scenes. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9974.
Pillar with fullonica scenes found in the Fullonica at VI.8.20, left-hand side, and front of pillar.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9974.
Left hand side of pillar with fullonica scenes, found in the Fullonica at VI.8.20.
Painted aedicula with painting of naked female figure, with crown.
Her left elbow is leaning on a pillar and her right hand holds a corner of the fabric that hangs over her back.
According to Helbig this is possibly Venus. Jashemski suggest that she is a water nymph typical of those found in later excavations.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9974.
See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (1502).
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.134-5).
Painted aedicula
with painting of naked female figure, with crown. Photo courtesy of Johannes
Eber.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9974.
Front of pillar with fullonica scenes. Photo
courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9974.
VI.8.20 Pompeii. July 2021. Detail from the pillar found in the Fullonica.
Painting showing the inspection of the cloth, brushing the cloth to raise the nap and a bleaching frame.
The owl on top of the bleaching frame is the symbol of
Minerva, the patron deity of the Fullers. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9974.
VI.8.20 Pompeii. July 2021.
Detail from pillar found in the
Fullonica at VI.8.20. Fullers at work in the treading vats.
Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9974.
VI.8.20 Pompeii. July 2021.
Pillar found in the Fullonica, showing Fullers at work in
the treading vats. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9974.
Pillar found in the Fullonica at VI.8.20. Painting of fuller’s press for drying the wet clothes.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9974.
Pillar found in the Fullonica at VI.8.20.
Painting of a woman collecting a garment, several of which are seen suspended on high on sticks.
A woman, sitting, is cleaning the instrument for carding.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9974.
VI.8.20 Pompeii. Painting by Giuseppe Marsigli, 1826, showing picture existing on a pilaster in Pompeii.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 296.
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VI.8.20 Pompeii. December 2007. Remains of painted plaster on east wall of peristyle.
VI.8.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4, east wall of peristyle area, and doorway to room 5.
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