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I.4.25 Pompeii. Domus L. Rapinasi Optati and I.4.5 Casa del Citarista or House of the Citharist or Casa di Apollo citaredo or House of the Lyre Player or Domus L Popidius Secundus (Augustianus).

Linked to 1.4.5 and I.4.28. Excavated 1853-1861, 1868, 1872 and 1929.

Middle peristyle 17, rooms 45, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 30, and 31, (14, 16, 15, 18 are in Middle 17, West).  

 

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Entrance Atrium 47      Atrium 6 West      Lower Peristyle      Middle Peristyle      Middle Peristyle West      Upper Peristyle      Service and Baths areas

 

We have combined the pictures of I.4.5 and 1.4.25 here.  Combined room plan

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. May 2019. Detail from model in Naples Archaeological Museum.
Looking south-west towards Middle Peristyle 17, lower centre right, with rooms at east end numbered 19,20,21,22,23 and 24, lower centre left.

I.4.5 Pompeii. May 2019. Detail from model in Naples Archaeological Museum.

Looking south-west towards Middle Peristyle 17, lower centre right, with rooms at east end numbered 19,20,21,22,23 and 24, lower centre left.

 

I.4.25 Pompeii. October 2020. Middle Peristyle 17, north-east corner.
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

I.4.25 Pompeii. October 2020. Middle Peristyle 17, north-east corner.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

 

I.4.25 Pompeii. December 2006. Middle peristyle 17, looking east towards the doorway to triclinium of Antiope, room 19.

I.4.25 Pompeii. December 2006. Middle peristyle 17, looking east towards the doorway to triclinium of Antiope, room 19.

 

I.4.25 Pompeii. December 2007. North-east corner of middle peristyle 17.

I.4.25 Pompeii. December 2007. North-east corner of middle peristyle 17.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, looking west towards entrance doorway and out onto east/north portico of Middle Peristyle 17. 
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, looking west towards entrance doorway and out onto east/north portico of Middle Peristyle 17.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, looking east across doorway threshold.
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, looking east across doorway threshold.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

I.4.25 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 19, mosaic and marble floor in the triclinium of Antiope.

I.4.25 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 19, mosaic and marble floor in the triclinium of Antiope.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, detail from south end of doorway threshold.
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, detail from south end of doorway threshold.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, detail from north end of doorway threshold.
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, detail from north end of doorway threshold.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

I.4.25 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 19, triclinium of Antiope. Looking east from entrance doorway.

I.4.25 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 19, triclinium of Antiope. Looking east from entrance doorway.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, looking towards north wall.
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, looking towards north wall.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

I.4.25 Pompeii. December 2006. Room 19, north wall of triclinium of Antiope.

I.4.25 Pompeii. December 2006. Room 19, north wall of triclinium of Antiope.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, looking towards north-west corner.
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, looking towards north-west corner.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, flooring in north-west corner.
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, flooring in north-west corner.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, flooring in north-west corner.
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, flooring in north-west corner.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, looking towards east wall.
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, looking towards east wall.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

I.4.25 Pompeii. December 2006. Room 19, east wall of triclinium of Antiope.

I.4.25 Pompeii. December 2006. Room 19, east wall of triclinium of Antiope.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, looking towards south-east corner and east end of south wall.
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, looking towards south-east corner and east end of south wall.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, looking towards south wall in south-east corner.
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, looking towards south wall in south-east corner.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, detail of remaining painted decoration from east end of south wall in south-east corner.
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, detail of remaining painted decoration from east end of south wall in south-east corner.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, detail from south-east corner.
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, detail from south-east corner.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

I.4.25 Pompeii. 1957. 
Room 19, east end of south wall of triclinium of Antiope. Garden painting on black predella, with aviary/bird cage. 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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See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici: Vol. I.  Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana. (p.148, no.53).

I.4.25 Pompeii. 1957.

Room 19, east end of south wall of triclinium of Antiope. Garden painting on black predella, with aviary/bird cage. 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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See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici: Vol. I.  Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana. (p.148, no.53).

 

I.4.25 Pompeii. 1957. 
Room 19, east end of south wall of triclinium of Antiope. Garden painting on black predella, detail of aviary/bird cage. 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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I.4.25 Pompeii. 1957.

Room 19, east end of south wall of triclinium of Antiope. Garden painting on black predella, detail of aviary/bird cage. 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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I.4.25 Pompeii. c.1930. 
Room 19, painting of aviary structure from east end of south wall of great triclinium of I.4.25. 
According to Van Buren - 
“the proportions of the whole, and the curving lines at the top, are copied from a painting in yellow on black, showing a structure similar in design [to VII.7.16 aviary] though presumably differing in function, in I.iv.25, on the wall to the right as one enters the great triclinium which opens at the north-east corner of the peristyle.”
See Van Buren, A. W. 1932. Further Pompeian Studies in Memoirs of American Academy in Rome, vol.10, 1932, Pl.1,2. (p.10-13 below).
See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici: Vol. I.  Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana. (p.148, no.53).

I.4.25 Pompeii. c.1930.

Room 19, painting of aviary structure from east end of south wall of great triclinium of I.4.25.

According to Van Buren -

“the proportions of the whole, and the curving lines at the top, are copied from a painting in yellow on black, showing a structure similar in design [to VII.7.16 aviary] though presumably differing in function, in I.iv.25, on the wall to the right as one enters the great triclinium which opens at the north-east corner of the peristyle.”

See Van Buren, A. W. 1932. Further Pompeian Studies in Memoirs of American Academy in Rome, vol.10, 1932, Pl.1,2. (p.10-13 below).

See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici: Vol. I.  Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana. (p.148, no.53).

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, looking along south wall, with doorway to room 20, on right, and through to room 21.
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, looking along south wall, with doorway to room 20, on right, and through to room 21.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

I.4.25 Pompeii. December 2006. Room 19, south wall of triclinium of Antiope.

I.4.25 Pompeii. December 2006. Room 19, south wall of triclinium of Antiope.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, west end of south wall, with doorway into room 20.
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, west end of south wall, with doorway into room 20.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

I.4.25 Pompeii. December 2006. Room 19, south wall of triclinium of Antiope. Copy of painting of Antiope sleeping by a stream.
Original now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 112283.

I.4.25 Pompeii. December 2006. Room 19, south wall of triclinium of Antiope. Copy of painting of Antiope sleeping by a stream.

Original now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 112283.

 

I.4.25 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Room 19, south wall of triclinium of Antiope.
“X” marks the spot where the recess remains after the painting was removed and transferred to the museum.
See Warscher, T. 1942. Catalogo illustrato degli affreschi del Museo Nazionale di Napoli. Sala LXXXII. Vol.4. Rome, Swedish Institute.

I.4.25 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Room 19, south wall of triclinium of Antiope.

“X” marks the spot where the recess remains after the painting was removed and transferred to the museum.

See Warscher, T. 1942. Catalogo illustrato degli affreschi del Museo Nazionale di Napoli. Sala LXXXII. Vol.4. Rome, Swedish Institute.

 

I.4.25 Pompeii. Found 1863? Room 19, south wall of triclinium of Antiope.
Painting of Antiope sleeping by a stream.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 112283.

I.4.25 Pompeii. Found 1863?

Room 19, south wall of triclinium of Antiope. Painting of Antiope sleeping by a stream.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 112283.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. 1968. 
Casa del Citarista, room 19, zoccolo on S wall at west end, and shell frieze. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.
American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_68_8_34.

I.4.5 Pompeii. 1968.

Casa del Citarista, room 19, zoccolo on S wall at west end, and shell frieze. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.

American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_68_8_34.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. 1968. Casa del Citarista, room 19, S wall detail of frieze.  Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.
American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_68_8_33.

I.4.5 Pompeii. 1968. Casa del Citarista, room 19, S wall detail of frieze.  Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.

American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_68_8_33.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. Pre-1943. 
According to Warscher, this shows the decoration formed by shells (under the picture).
(L’ornamento formato da conchiglie (sotto la pittura).
See Warscher, T. 1942. Catalogo illustrato degli affreschi del Museo Nazionale di Napoli. Sala LXXXII. Vol.4. Rome, Swedish Institute.

I.4.5 Pompeii. Pre-1943. According to Warscher, this shows the decoration formed by shells (under the painting).

(L’ornamento formato da conchiglie (sotto la pittura).

See Warscher, T. 1942. Catalogo illustrato degli affreschi del Museo Nazionale di Napoli. Sala LXXXII. Vol.4. Rome, Swedish Institute.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. Pre-1943. 
According to Warscher, this shows the decoration of the south wall in the centre of which was the painting of the sleeping Maenad, see the description given by Olga Elia, p.4/5.
(La decorazione della parete sud nel centro della quale era la pittura “Menade dormente”, vedi la descrizione detta lista di Olga Elia, p.4/5.)
See Warscher, T. 1942. Catalogo illustrato degli affreschi del Museo Nazionale di Napoli. Sala LXXXII. Vol.4. Rome, Swedish Institute.

I.4.5 Pompeii. Pre-1943.

According to Warscher, this shows the decoration of the south wall in the centre of which was the painting of the sleeping Maenad, see the description given by Olga Elia, p.4/5.

(La decorazione della parete sud nel centro della quale era la pittura “Menade dormente”, vedi la descrizione detta lista di Olga Elia, p.4/5.)

See Warscher, T. 1942. Catalogo illustrato degli affreschi del Museo Nazionale di Napoli. Sala LXXXII. Vol.4. Rome, Swedish Institute.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. 
Room 19, detail from south wall at west end, with doorway to room 20, on right.
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019.

Room 19, detail from south wall at west end, with doorway to room 20, on right.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, detail of painted decoration from south wall towards west end.
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, detail of painted decoration from south wall towards west end.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, remaining painted decoration on south wall.
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, remaining painted decoration on south wall.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, detail of painted decoration on south wall.
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, detail of painted decoration on south wall.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, detail from south wall.
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, detail from south wall.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, detail from south wall.
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, detail from south wall.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, detail from south wall. 
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, detail from south wall.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, south wall with detail of painted decoration.
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, south wall with detail of painted decoration.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, detail from south wall. 
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, detail from south wall.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, detail from south wall.
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 19, detail from south wall.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019.
Room 19, looking west towards entrance doorway, in centre, and doorway in south wall to room 20, on left.
Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.5 Pompeii. October 2019.

Room 19, looking west towards entrance doorway, in centre, and doorway in south wall to room 20, on left.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

 

 

Part 1      Part 2      Part 3      Part 4      Part 5      Part 6      Part 7      Part 8

 

Entrance Atrium 47      Atrium 6 West      Lower Peristyle      Middle Peristyle      Middle Peristyle West      Upper Peristyle      Service and Baths areas

 

Combined room plan

 

 

 

 

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