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VI.15.8 Pompeii. Casa del Principe di Napoli or House of the Prince of Naples.

Linked to VI.15.7. Excavated 1896.

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VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007. Tablinum on west side of the atrium with window overlooking garden.

VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007.

Tablinum on west side of the atrium with window overlooking garden.

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. West wall of tablinum.

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. West wall of tablinum.

According to NdS, this room had walls decorated with the usual architectural motifs on a white background.

The dado was black.

In one of the panels on the west wall was a painting of fish on a white background framed by a painted purple border.

This room was lit by a window from the garden, and was covered with a barrel-vaulted ceiling.

On the west wall, the upper vaulted area was painted with a hippocampus among dolphins on the white background.

See Notizie degli Scavi, 1897, January, (p. 34).

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007. Detail of sea creatures on west wall of tablinum.

VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007. Detail of sea creatures on west wall of tablinum.

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007. Detail of hippocampus and dolphin, sea creatures in tablinum.

VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007. Detail of hippocampus and dolphin, sea creatures in tablinum.

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007. Detail of dolphins in tablinum.

VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007. Detail of dolphins in tablinum.

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. Painted panel of fishes on west wall of tablinum.

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. Painted panel of fishes on west wall of tablinum.

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. Detail from west wall of tablinum.

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. Detail from west wall of tablinum.

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007. North-west corner and north wall of tablinum.

VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007. North-west corner and north wall of tablinum.

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. North wall of tablinum. According to NdS, the two painted panels on the north wall had purple backgrounds. One showed a deer fleeing to the left followed by a dog, on the left was an idol of Priapus. The other showed a deer being attacked by a dog, also on the left perhaps was an idol of Priapus. See Notizie degli Scavi, 1897, January, p. 34.

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. North wall of tablinum.

According to NdS, the two painted panels on the north wall had purple backgrounds.

One showed a deer fleeing to the left followed by a dog, on the left was an idol of Priapus.

The other showed a deer being attacked by a dog, also on the left perhaps was an idol of Priapus.

See Notizie degli Scavi, 1897, January, (p. 34).

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. Painted panel of hunting scene on north wall of tablinum.

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. Painted panel of hunting scene on north wall of tablinum.

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. Detail from north wall

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. Detail from north wall.

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. Painted panel of hunting scene on north wall of tablinum.

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. Painted panel of hunting scene on north wall of tablinum.

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. Detail of painted plant on north wall of tablinum.

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. Detail of painted plant on north wall of tablinum.

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking west across tablinum towards doorway to cubiculum in west wall.

VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007.

Looking west across tablinum towards doorway to cubiculum in west wall.

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. West wall of cubiculum. According to NdS, the walls were painted with a white background, and in the panels were flying swans and goats. See Notizie degli Scavi, 1897, January, p. 35.

VI.15.8 Pompeii. May 2010. West wall of cubiculum

According to NdS, the walls were painted with a white background, and in the panels were flying swans and goats.

See Notizie degli Scavi, 1897, January, (p. 35).

 

VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007. West wall of cubiculum at rear of tablinum..

VI.15.8 Pompeii. December 2007. West wall of cubiculum at rear of tablinum.

 

 

 

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