IX.9.c Pompeii. Casa del
Porcellino or Casa di Sulpicius Rufus.
Linked to IX.9.b. Excavated 1880 and 1887.
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IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south along west portico.
IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to triclinium. The lower part of the walls (zoccolo) was black, and the walls were red.
In the centre of the south and west and walls was a large painting, whilst the painting and plaster from the north wall had fallen.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1889, p.128.
IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2009. Looking towards south wall of triclinium.
IX.9.c Pompeii. 1896 painting of south wall of triclinium, with sanctuary with colonnades and statues of divinities.
See Niccolini F, 1896. Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei: Volume Quarto. Napoli. 2, pl.15.
IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2009. South-east corner of triclinium.
IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2023.
Looking towards east end of south wall in triclinium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
IX.9.c Pompeii. December 2005. South wall of triclinium.
IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2009.
Candelabrum in a narrow black compartment on a red wall, wall decoration from east end of south wall of triclinium.
IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2023.
Central panel on south wall of triclinium, detail of architectural painting with figures.
Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2009. South wall of triclinium, central panel. Architectural painting with figures.
IX.9.c Pompeii. W.1444. Wall painting from central panel on south wall of triclinium.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2009.
Architectural painting with a figure, from east end of central panel on south wall of triclinium.
IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2009.
Architectural painting with a figure, from west end of central panel on south wall of triclinium.
IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2009. Architectural painting from upper east end of south wall of triclinium.
IX.9.c Pompeii. c.1900. Drawing by Pierre Gusman of a painting from the upper east end of south wall in the oecus/triclinium.
See Gusman P., 1900. Pompeii: The City, Its Life & Art. London: Heinemann, p. 260.
IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2009. Architectural painting from east side of upper centre of south wall of triclinium.
IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2009. Painting of cupid and panther, originally on a black background, from upper centre of south wall of triclinium.
See Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1986. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 3. Rome: ICCD. (p. 540 triclinio ‘e’).
IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2009. Remains of wall painting from west side of upper centre of south wall of triclinium.
IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2009. Recess in south-west corner of triclinium.
IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2009. West wall of triclinium.
IX.9.c Pompeii. December 2005. West wall of triclinium on west side of peristyle, with architectural wall paintings.
IX.9.c Pompeii.
1896 reproduction of west wall of triclinium, with central painting of a sanctuary with a statue of a divinity, but without figures.
See Niccolini F, 1896. Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei: Volume Quarto. Napoli. 2, pl.17.
Architectural painting from centre of west wall of triclinium, with figures and statue of a divinity.
Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2009.
Architectural painting with figures and statue of a divinity, from centre of west wall of triclinium.
IX.9.c Pompeii. W.1445. Central wall painting from west wall of triclinium.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2023.
Detail of divinity and figures from centre of wall painting in middle of west wall.
Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2009. Architectural painting from south end of upper west wall of triclinium.
IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2009. Centre of upper west wall of triclinium.
IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2009. Architectural painting from north end of upper west wall of triclinium.
IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2009. Looking towards north wall of triclinium.
IX.9.c Pompeii. December 2005. North wall of triclinium.
IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2009. Architectural painting from upper east end of north wall of triclinium.
IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2009. Candelabrum in a narrow black panel on red north wall of triclinium.
IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2009. North-east corner of triclinium.
IX.9.c Pompeii. March 2009. Triclinium flooring originally made from cocciopesto with star decoration in white tesserae.
According to NdS, near the recess for the bed in the south wall, the place of the table was indicated in the floor by a geometric design of white stones.
When excavated, a design of a phallus made from white stones could also be seen in the same place nearby.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1889, p.129.
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