VII.12.21 Pompeii. Casa di Narcisso or House of the Statue of Narcissus. 

Linked to VII.12.17. Excavated 1862. (Vico del Balcone Pensile 3)

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VII.12.21 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south into triclinium.

 

VII.12.21 Pompeii. December 2005. Triclinium on south side of atrium, looking south-east.

 

VII.12.21 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room on south-east side of atrium.

 

VII.12.21 Pompeii. March 2009. Room on south-east side of atrium with doorway into VII.12.17.

 

VII.12.21 Pompeii. December 2005. 

Looking north-east in room on south-east side of atrium towards doorway into VII.12.17.

 

VII.12.21 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking through doorway into VII.12.17.

 

VII.12.21 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking east into VII.12.17.

 

VII.12.21 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking east into VII.12.17.

 

VII.12.21 Pompeii.  December 2005. Looking east into VII.12.17.

 

VII.12.21 Pompeii. June 1862. Bronze statue found in the small room near the entrance at VII.12.17.

Fiorelli identified it on excavation as possibly a statue of Narcissus.

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.112).

Mau identified it as a statue of Dionysus and it is now displayed as this.

See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p.452).

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 5003.

 

 

 

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