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VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. Casa
degli 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.
Part 9.
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VII.4.31/51 Pompeii.
March 2009.
Room 21, remains of
painted wall decoration on north wall of triclinium.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii.
March 2009.
Room 21, remains of
painted wall decoration on north wall of triclinium.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii.
March 2009.
Room 21, detail of
painted wall decoration on north wall of triclinium.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii.
March 2009.
Room 21, detail of
wall decoration (leopard?) on north wall of triclinium.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii.
March 2009. Room 21, west wall of triclinium.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii.
March 2009. Room 21, south wall of triclinium.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii.
March 2009. Room 21, south wall of triclinium.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii.
March 2009. Room 21, detail of wall decoration on south wall of triclinium.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii.
March 2009. Room 21, detail of wall decoration on south wall of triclinium.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii.
March 2009. Room 21, east wall of triclinium.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii.
March 2009. Room 21, east wall of triclinium.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii.
March 2009. Doorway to room 22, exedra.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii.
March 2009. Room 22, north wall.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii.
March 2009. Room 22, west wall.
The central wall
painting was a mythological landscape showing Polyphemus, looking out to sea at
his beloved Galatea.
Painting now in Naples
Museum. Inventory number: 8894?.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii.
March 2009. Room 22, east wall.
The central wall
painting was a mythological landscape showing Hercules rescuing Prometheus.
Now in Naples Museum.
Inventory number: 8886?.
Part: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Plan