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VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. Casa dei Capitelli colorati or Casa di Arianna

or House of Ariadne or House of the Coloured Capitals.

Linked to VII.4.32, VII.4.33 and VII.4.51. Excavated 1822, 1832 and 1846.

 

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VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009. Doorways to Rooms 30 and 31.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorways to rooms 30 and 31.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009. Room 30.  East wall.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 30, east wall.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009. Room 30.  Threshold or sill.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 30, threshold or sill.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009.  Room 31.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 31.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009.  Room 31.  East wall.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 31, east wall.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009. Room 31.  North wall.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 31, north wall.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 31, wall painting of Theseus abandoning Ariadne. Theseus is looking at the sleeping Ariadne who is on the beach on a bed of seaweed.
His foot is on the plank of the ship that will take him to Athens. See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (1217). Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9052.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 31, wall painting of Theseus abandoning Ariadne.

Theseus is looking at the sleeping Ariadne who is on the beach on a bed of seaweed.

His foot is on the plank of the ship that will take him to Athens.

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (1217).

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9052.

 

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VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. W.37 Room 31, drawing of wall painting of Theseus and Ariadne.
See Real Museo Borbonico, XI, taf 34. Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9052.
Photo by Tatiana Warscher. With kind permission of DAI Rome, whose copyright it remains. 
See http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/marbilderbestand/231943

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. W.37 Room 31, drawing of wall painting of Theseus and Ariadne.

See Real Museo Borbonico, XI, taf 34.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9052.

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

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. 
Room 31, north wall, drawing by Abbate of wall painting of Theseus and Ariadne.
See Niccolini F, 1854. Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei: Volume Primo. Napoli, (Casa dei Capitelli Colorati, Tav. III).

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii.

Room 31, north wall, drawing by Abbate of wall painting of Theseus and Ariadne.

See Niccolini F, 1854. Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei: Volume Primo. Napoli, (Casa dei Capitelli Colorati, Tav. III).

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009. Room 31.  South wall.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 31, south wall.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009.  Room 31.  Detail of mosaic floor.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 31, detail of mosaic floor.

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. c.1930. Room 31, detail of central emblema showing a rosette.
See Blake, M., (1930). The pavements of the Roman Buildings of the Republic and Early Empire. Rome, MAAR, 8, (p. 106, 118, & pl.42, tav.3).

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. c.1930. Room 31, detail of central emblema showing a rosette.

See Blake, M., (1930). The pavements of the Roman Buildings of the Republic and Early Empire. Rome, MAAR, 8, (p. 106, 118, & pl.42, tav.3).

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. 13th October 1849. Room 31, detail of central emblema (top), drawing by Laurits Albert Winstrup. 
Photo © Danmarks Kunstbibliotek, inventory number ark_6113.
(Note: the threshold (lower photo) seems to be entitled “In the house 1 Strada di Mercurio”.)

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. 13th October 1849. Room 31, detail of central emblema (top), drawing by Laurits Albert Winstrup.

Photo © Danmarks Kunstbibliotek, inventory number ark_6113.

(Note: the threshold (lower photo) seems to be entitled “In the house 1 Strada di Mercurio”.)

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009.  Room 31.  Detail of mosaic floor.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 31, detail of mosaic floor.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009.  Looking into Room 12, through the window in the south east corner of the Middle Peristyle.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009.

Looking into room 12, through the window in the south-east corner of the middle peristyle.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009.  Fish pool in the centre of the Middle Peristyle.  Looking north.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Fish pool in the centre of the middle peristyle. Looking north.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009.  Middle Peristyle.  South east corner.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Middle peristyle, south-east corner.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009.    Middle Peristyle.  South west corner.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Middle peristyle, south-west corner.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009.  Middle Peristyle.  Looking north east.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Middle peristyle, looking north-east.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009. Middle Peristyle.  Marble Puteal.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Middle peristyle, marble puteal.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009. Cistern mouth.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Cistern mouth.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009.  Gutter around East side of Middle Peristyle.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Gutter around east side of middle peristyle.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009.  Middle Peristyle.  West side of Fish pool.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Middle peristyle, west side of fish pool.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii. March 2009. Middle peristyle.  West side of fish pool with amphora inserted in pool walls for fishes to shelter and to breed.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Middle peristyle. West side of fish pool with amphora inserted in pool walls for fishes to shelter and to breed.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009.  Middle Peristyle.  Remains of blue walls in the fish pool.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Middle peristyle, remains of blue walls in the fish pool.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009.  Middle Peristyle.  Remains of blue walls in the fish pool.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Middle peristyle, remains of blue walls in the fish pool.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009.  Middle Peristyle.  Edge of portico floor, looking east.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Middle peristyle showing edge of portico floor, looking east.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii. March 2009. Middle peristyle, showing remains of columns, and water-spouts.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Middle peristyle, showing remains of columns and water-spouts.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009. Middle Peristyle.  Grondaia, Antefisse fittili, or Gutter Rainwater Spout.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Middle peristyle, gutter rainwater spout.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009.  Looking south west across Middle Peristyle.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south-west across middle peristyle.

 

 

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