Herculaneum Augusteum, also known as Basilica or Forum area.
Augusteum in north-west corner of Decumanus Maximus.
This Part contains photographs from the newly re-opened “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples Archaeological Museum.
The Museum has produced such an excellent and informative display, grouping items together, that we wanted to include this as a separate part.
The photographs were all taken by Giuseppe Ciaramella, and we thank him profusely for letting us use the photos from his extensive collection.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
Looking across display in “Campania Romana” gallery in
Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
Looking across display from rear of statues in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples Archaeological Museum towards paintings on left of Arch.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Naples Archaeological Museum, April 2023.
Looking out from Herculaneum Augusteum gallery display in “Campania Romana” gallery towards statue of Marcus Nonius Balbus.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Naples Archaeological Museum, April 2023.
Looking in towards beautiful marble columns in Arch leading into Herculaneum Augusteum gallery display.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
Paintings on wall
to the left of Arch, inv. 8540, on left, 8828, 9290 and 9931, on right. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Paintings on wall to left of Arch through to display of items from the Theatre.
On left – Building with tympanum on a red background – inv. 8540. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Descriptive card of four paintings on wall to left of Arch. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Paintings on wall to left of Arch through to display from Theatre.
Flying Genius bearing a cornucopia - inv. 8828. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Paintings on wall to left of Arch through to display from Theatre.
Maenad lying down with a rhyton and a cornice with egg and
dart decoration - inv. 9290. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Paintings on wall to left of Arch through to display from Theatre.
Circular temple on a red background- inv. 9931. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
Looking through Arch towards display from Herculaneum theatre, and towards display of Bronze Horses. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
Looking from rear of statues in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Display of marble slabs with Dedications. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
Descriptive card with details of Dedications. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
Bronze statue of Agrippina Minor, inv. 5609.
On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples Archaeological Museum.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
Detail of bronze statue of Agrippina Minor, inv. 5609.
On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples Archaeological Museum.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Descriptive card. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Looking across display
from near statue of Agrippina Minor. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
Descriptive card with detail of a reconstruction of the
niches in the northern portico. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
See D. Esposito. La
pittura di Ercolano, 2014.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
No.1 on above descriptive card – Fastigium (upper panel) of a shrine with Caryatids, inv. 9825.
and
No.2 on above descriptive card – Building with window and colonnade shown in perspective, inv. 8534.
On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples Archaeological
Museum. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe
Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
No.3 and 4 on above descriptive card – Achilles and Chiron, inv. 9109, and Hercules and Telephus, inv. 9008.
On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
No.3 on above descriptive card, and below – Achilles and Chiron, inv. 9109.
On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
No.4 on above descriptive card, and below – Hercules and Telephus, inv. 9008.
On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples
Archaeological Museum. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Descriptive card from rear wall. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
(see Part 3 below, for any paintings listed on description cards but not shown here).
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Upper wall – Jupiter in the clouds, inv. 9553.
On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples
Archaeological Museum. Photo courtesy
of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Painting of Theseus the liberator, inv. 9049.
On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples
Archaeological Museum. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Painting of Marsyas and Olympus, inv. CXV.
On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples
Archaeological Museum. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
Looking towards paintings on display on side wall in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples Archaeological Museum.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Paintings on side wall.
On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples
Archaeological Museum. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
Descriptive card from paintings on side wall. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Paintings on upper row – 9054, 8864 and 9522.
Paintings on middle row – 9374 and 8949.
Paintings on lower row – 9239 and 9012.
On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Paintings on upper row – 9522, 9007, and 9006, top right.
Paintings on middle row – 9374 and 8949 and 8903.
Paintings on lower row – 9012 and 9027.
On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Paintings on upper row – 9007, 9006 and 9011.
Paintings on middle row – 8903, 8962 and 8777.
Paintings on lower row – 9027 and 8976.
On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Painting from lower row, on side wall, showing Apollo, Diana and Callistus, inv. 9239.
On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples
Archaeological Museum. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
Painting from lower row, on side wall, showing the infant Hercules strangling the serpents, inv. 9012.
On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples
Archaeological Museum. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Detail from painting showing The infant Hercules strangling the serpents, inv. 9012.
On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples
Archaeological Museum. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Painting from lower row, on side wall, showing Admetus and Alcestis, inv. 9027.
On display in “Campania Romana”
gallery in Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Detail from painting showing Admetus and Alcestis, inv. 9027.
On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples
Archaeological Museum. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Painting from lower row, on right, showing Medea, inv. 8976.
Upper centre is a painting of an Offeror with a tray and flowers, inv. 8962.
Upper right is a painting of an eagle, inv. 8777.
On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Painting from lower row, on side wall, showing Medea with a sword, inv. 8976.
On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples
Archaeological Museum. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Detail from painting of Medea, inv. 8976.
On display in
“Campania Romana” gallery in Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Paintings on side wall.
On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples
Archaeological Museum. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
Looking across gallery towards statues on display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples Archaeological Museum.
(Note: the central statue of Titus is missing, see below for
a photo including it). Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
Looking across
statues. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
Bronze statue of Augustus, inv. 5595. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
Detail of bronze statue of Augustus, inv. 5595. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Descriptive card. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
Rear of white marble statue of Claudius, inv. 6056.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
Side of white marble statue of Claudius, inv. 6056.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
White marble statue of Claudius, inv. 6056, with modern additions of the head and arms.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
Detail of white marble statue of Claudius, inv. 6056, with modern additions of the head and arms.
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Descriptive card. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
Looking across gallery towards statues on display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples Archaeological Museum.
(Note: the central
statue of Titus has now been displayed). Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
Detail of white marble statue of the standing breast-plated Titus, inv. 6059.
On display in
“Campania Romana” gallery in Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
White marble statue of Augustus, inv. 6040, with modern additions of the head and arms.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
Detail of white marble statue of Augustus, inv. 6040, with modern additions of the head and arms.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Descriptive card. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
Bronze statue of Claudius, inv. 5593. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
Detail of bronze statue of Claudius, inv. 5593. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Descriptive card. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023.
Bronze statue of Claudius, above, with Bronze plaque, below – a Dedication to Claudius, inv. 3718.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Descriptive card. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum Augusteum. April 2023. Fresco of a herm found 15th June 1748.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9859.