VI.2.4 Pompeii. Casa di Sallustio or House of Sallust or Domus A. Cossius Libanus.

Excavated 1805 to 1809, 1969 to 1971, 2005 to 2007 and 2010.

Bombed 1943. Restored 1970.

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VI.2.4 Pompeii. June 2010.

Looking north-west across garden apartment towards cubiculum and exedra.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

VI.2.4 Pompeii. June 2010. South-west corner of garden apartment.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

VI.2.4 Pompeii. June 2010. Painted plaster in south-west corner of garden apartment.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

VI.2.4 Pompeii. Painted plaster in south-west corner of garden apartment.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

 

VI.2.4 Pompeii. June 2010.

Doorway to cubiculum in south-west corner of garden apartment.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

VI.2.4 Pompeii. May 2006.

Cubiculum in the south-west corner of small garden with wall painting of Ares and Aphrodite on south wall.

Mau stated: On the outer walls of the 2 sleeping rooms, in the south Garden, ………room on the right on the rear inner wall - two pairs of lovers, Paris and Helen in the House of Menelaus, and Aries and Aphrodite.

See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p.283-7).

Helbig stated: 2^nd peristyle on the south side of the house, room to the right behind this peristyle, Paris & Elena, 1311, above that – Aphrodite and Aries 319.

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (1311, 319).

 

VI.2.4 Pompeii. May 2010. South wall of cubiculum in the south-west corner of small garden.

Painting of Ares and Aphrodite. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (319).

 

VI.2.4 Pompeii. May 2010. Cubiculum in the south-west corner of small garden.

Central panel of south wall with faded remains of fresco of Paris and Elena.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (1311).

 

VI.2.4 Pompeii. July 2010. Cubiculum in the south-west corner of small garden.

Inlaid marble floor with the new owner of the House of Sallust passing by.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

VI.2.4 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking west along south side of small garden.

 

VI.2.4 Pompeii. 1824. Drawing of south wall of garden with rooms on either side of the painting of Diana and Acteon.

See Mazois, F., 1824. Les Ruines de Pompei: Second Partie. Paris: Firmin Didot. (pl. 39, 1).

 

VI.2.4 Pompeii. May 2006. South wall of small garden.

 

VI.2.4 Pompeii. May 2006. Wall painting of Acteon on south wall of small garden.

On the right is a nymph in guise of a statue holding a fountain bowl in her hand.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.70, T:121).

 

VI.2.4 Pompeii. Wall Painting of nymph.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

 

VI.2.4 Pompeii. June 2010. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

 

VI.2.4 Pompeii. May 2006. Wall painting on south wall of small garden.

The fate of Acteon who was torn to pieces by his own hounds as a penalty for having seen Diana at her bath.

See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p.285).

 

VI.2.4 Pompeii. Garden. Wall painting of Acteon.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

 

 

 

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