Domus Gallery

Columns and cornices from Pompeii

Column (left) from Casa di Caccia Antica or House of the Ancient Hunt, VII.IV.48, Column (right) from Domus M. Asellini or House of Adonis, VI.VII.18, head of Oceanus from Domus M. Holconi Rufi or House of Holconius Rufus, VIII.IV.4, and decorated cornices. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhn's Les Plus Belles Peintures de Pompei (The Most Beautiful Paintings of Pompeii), Leipzig, 1881. Column (left) from Casa di Caccia Antica or House of the Ancient Hunt, VII.IV.48, Column (right) from Domus M. Asellini or House of Adonis, VI.VII.18, head of Oceanus from Domus M. Holconi Rufi or House of Holconius Rufus, VIII.IV.4, and decorated cornices. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhn's Les Plus Belles Peintures de Pompei (The Most Beautiful Paintings of Pompeii), Leipzig, 1881. Date:

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Italy. Pompeii. The House of the Faun. 2nd century BC

Roman Art. Italy. Pompeii. The House of the Faun. Built during the 2nd century BC. Private residence. Bronze statue of the dancing faun located, originally, on the lip of the impluvium

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Italy. Pompeii. House of Vetti. Domus. 1st century AD. Peris

Italy. Pompeii. House of Vetti. Was a domus owned by Aulus Vettius Conviva and Aulus Vettius Restitutus, two successful freeman. 1st century AD. Peristyle

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