VI.8.5 Pompeii. Casa del Poeta
Tragico or House of the Tragic Poet.
Excavated 1824. Linked to VI.8.3.
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VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 8, storeroom on west side of atrium.
This room, storeroom or cubiculum, would have had a red zoccolo, nearly all of which has faded; a yellow middle zone to the walls, panels bordered by “carpet” design separated by a white compartment with traces of candelabra; in the upper zone were architectural elements.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009.
Room 8, storeroom with site of shelving on west wall. This wall appeared to have traces of remaining white plaster.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 8, north wall of storeroom.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 8, south wall of storeroom.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, looking east across atrium, to doorway to room 4.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, looking east across mosaic floor in atrium.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Room 1, looking east across mosaic flooring in atrium with puteal.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1052.
See also Warscher, T. 1942. Catalogo illustrato
degli affreschi del Museo Nazionale di Napoli. Sala LXXX. Vol.2. Rome,
Swedish Institute, p.29.
VI.8.3/5 Pompeii. April 2022. Looking south-east across impluvium
in atrium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
VI.8.3/5
Pompeii. April 2022. Room 4, east ala, detail of mosaic flooring and central
emblema. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4, looking east across mosaic floor in ala.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. Pre-1942. Room 4, mosaic floor in east ala.
See Warscher, T.
1942. Catalogo illustrato degli affreschi del Museo Nazionale di Napoli.
Sala LXXX. Vol.2. Rome, Swedish Institute, p.27.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. c.1930. Room 4, looking east across mosaic threshold and black and white
flooring in ala.
See Blake, M., (1930). The pavements of the Roman Buildings of the Republic and Early Empire. Rome, MAAR, 8, (p.103,107f,111,120
& Pl.27, tav.4).
VI.8.5 Pompeii. c.1828. Room 4,
drawing of mosaic on ala floor.
See Raoul Rochette et Bouchet J., 1828. Choix
d'Edifices Inédits : Maison du Poète Tragique. Paris, pl 18. (Ala, marked as 6 on their plan)
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4, south wall of ala.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4, north wall of ala.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 3, cubiculum.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 3, west and north walls of cubiculum.
The walls would have had a red zoccolo separated by panels and compartments; the middle zone had yellow panels edged with carpet borders.
The upper zone was faded and illegible.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 3, north wall of cubiculum.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 3, east wall of cubiculum.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 3, south wall of cubiculum.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. c.1828. Room 3, looking towards painted wall in cubiculum.
With two side
panels, probably either from south or north wall.
See Raoul Rochette et Bouchet J., 1828. Choix
d'Edifices Inédits : Maison du Poète Tragique. Paris, pl 27. (Peinture de la
chambre marque 20 sur le plan.)
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 3, west wall of cubiculum, on south side of doorway.
At the south end of the west wall, a stucco cornice was visible.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 2, small room/cupboard or staircase to upper floor.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, small room/cupboard or staircase to upper floor.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, small room/cupboard or staircase to upper floor.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, looking north-east across atrium, to tablinum, corridor and ala.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, corridor to rear, and peristyle area in VI.8.3.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, looking north-west across atrium, to room 8 and doorway from tablinum to room 7.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. 1899. Watercolour by Luigi Bazzani looking north-west across tablinum towards peristyle.
The doorway to room 7 can be seen in the west wall of the tablinum, on left.
Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, inventory number 2019-1900.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 7, cubiculum in west wall of tablinum.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, north wall of cubiculum.
The north wall was described as having a white middle zone, with yellow side panels profiled by a border of a “carpet” design with inset vignettes, to the left (west side) was a bird/parrot turned to the left standing on the floor in front of a pilaster, to the right (east side) were the remains of a fruit, separated by a central white compartment with candelabra surmounted by a globe.
In the upper zone of the wall was a white central compartment containing a bird, at the sides were compartments surmounted with animals (?); and garlands hanging from a stucco cornice.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. Pre-1849. Painting by Zahn of wall in cubiculum.
See Zahn W., 1849. Ornamente
aller klassischen Kunst-Epochen nach den Originalen in ihren eigenthümlichen
Farben. Berlin: Reimer, Taf. 46.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, painting of bird on north wall, west end, in cubiculum.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, painting on north wall, east end, in cubiculum.
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, remains of painting on north wall of cubiculum
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, west wall of cubiculum.
See Raoul Rochette et Bouchet J., 1828. Choix
d'Edifices Inédits : Maison du Poète Tragique. Paris, pl 10. (Chambre 16 on
their plan.)
VI.8.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, south wall of cubiculum.
At the west end of the wall, another bird similar to the one on the north wall can be seen.
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