Herculaneum IV.21. Casa dei Cervi or House of the Stags or Deer.
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See Maiuri, Amedeo, (1977). Herculaneum. 7th English ed, of Guidebooks to the Museums Galleries and Monuments of Italy, No.53, (p.61-63).
According to Deiss, “In front of the dining room and paralleling the long sides of the rectangle, runs a covered gallery without columns. The floor is black and white mosaic. Along the length of the corridor, panels show cupids at play, games like Blindman’s bluff, and Hide and Seek. Most of the painted panels were removed to Naples Archaeological Museum.”
See Deiss, J.J. (1968). Herculaneum, a city returns to the sun. London, The History Book Club, (p.41).
IV.21, Herculaneum. Cupids playing with the armour of Hercules or Achilles.
IV.21, Herculaneum.
Frescoes of dancing cupids.
Now in
Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9176.
IV.21, Herculaneum. 1968. Small painting of cupids, found 7th September 1748. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
J68f0815
Now
in Naples Archaeological Museum. Part of inventory
number 9176.
See Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Primo: Le Pitture 1, 1757, Tav. XXX, p.157.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Two cupids, one with stick and the other with a crown of flowers
Found in the Scavi di Resina, on 7th September 1748, with other small paintings.
See
Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Primo: Le Pitture 1, 1757, p.157, Tav. XXX.
Now
in Naples Archaeological Museum. Part of inventory number 9176.
IV.21, Herculaneum. 1968. Two cupids. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
J68f0814
Now
in Naples Archaeological Museum. Part of inventory number 9176.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Two cupids, one playing a many stringed instrument and the other holding two nails in each hand and dancing.
Fund in the Scavi di Resina, on 7th September 1748, with other small paintings.
See Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Primo: Le Pitture 1, 1757, p.169, Tav. XXXII.
Now
in Naples Archaeological Museum. Part of inventory number 9176.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Two cupids, one playing the flute and the other dancing.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Part
of inventory number 9176.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Two cupids, one playing the flute and the other dancing.
Found in the Scavi di Resina, on 7th September 1748, with other small paintings.
See Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Primo: Le Pitture 1, 1757, p.163, Tav. XXXI. (found with the two preceding paintings, see p.157, Tav. XXX).
Now
in Naples Archaeological Museum. Part of inventory number 9176.
IV.21, Herculaneum. 1968. Small painting of cupids from enclosed portico, found 7th September 1748. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
J68f0813
Now
in Naples Archaeological Museum. Part of inventory number 9176.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Two cupids, one stands with a staff on the left shoulder and another playing the lyre and dancing.
Found in the Scavi di Resina, on 7th September 1748, with other small paintings.
See Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Primo: Le Pitture 1, 1757, p.163, Tav. XXXI. (found with the two preceding paintings, see p.157, Tav. XXX).
Now
in Naples Archaeological Museum. Part of inventory number 9176.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Frescoes of dancing cupids and a
cockerel.
Now
in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9177.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Small painting of Cupids weaving, found 13th August 1748 in the Scavi at Resina.
Now
in Naples Archaeological Museum. Part of inventory number 9177.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Small painting of Cupids weaving, found 13th August 1748 in the Scavi at Resina.
See
Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Primo: Le Pitture 1, 1757, tav XXXVI, p. 189
Now
in Naples Archaeological Museum. Part of inventory number 9177.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Small painting of 3 cupids, one with a mask.
Now
in Naples Archaeological Museum. Part of inventory number 9177.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Three cupids one with a
mask. Found
24th August 1748 in the Scavi at Resina.
See Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Primo: Le Pitture 1, 1757, tav. XXXIV, p. 177
Now
in Naples Archaeological Museum. Part of inventory number 9177.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Small painting of Cupids fishing found 24th August 1748 in the Scavi at Resina.
Now
in Naples Archaeological Museum. Part of inventory number 9177.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Small painting of Cupids fishing found 24th August 1748 in the Scavi at Resina.
See Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Primo: Le Pitture 1, 1757, tav. XXXVI, p. 189
Now
in Naples Archaeological Museum. Part of inventory number 9177.
IV.21, Herculaneum? Cockerel and silver cup
on a shelf.
Now
in Naples Archaeological Museum. Part of inventory number 9177.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Small paintings of
cupids. Now
in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9178.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Painting of cupid on
chariot pulled by griffins that are led by a cupid.
Now
in Naples Archaeological Museum. Part of inventory number 9178.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Painting of cupid on
chariot pulled by griffins that are led by a cupid.
See
Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Primo: Le Pitture 1, 1757, Tav. XXXVIII, p. 199, found 7th September
1748, in the Scavi at Resina.
Now
in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9178.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Two cupids, one with stick and the other with a basket.
Now
in Naples Archaeological Museum. Part of inventory number 9178.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Two cupids, one with stick and the other with a basket.
Found in the Scavi di Resina, on 7th September 1748, with other small paintings.
See
Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Primo: Le Pitture 1, 1757, p.157, Tav. XXX.
Now
in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9178.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Cupid on a cart, being pulled by two others.
Now
in Naples Archaeological Museum. Part of inventory number 9178.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Cupid on a cart, being pulled by two others.
See Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Primo:
Le Pitture 1, 1757, Tav XXXIII, p.173. Found in the Scavi
at Resina, 31st August 1748.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.
Inventory number 9178.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Cupids playing blindman’s bluff.
Now
in Naples Archaeological Museum. Part of inventory number 9178.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Cupids playing blindman’s bluff.
See Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Primo:
Le Pitture 1, 1757, Tav XXXIII, p.173. Found in the Scavi
at Resina, 7th September 1748.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.
Inventory number 9178.
IV.21 Herculaneum. Undated photo. Small paintings of cupids.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9179.
IV.21 Herculaneum. Small paintings of cupids with press. Perfume making?
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Part of inventory number 9179.
See De Caro, S., Ed., 1996. The National Archaeological Museum of Naples. Napoli: Electa, p. 260-1.
IV.21 Herculaneum. Small paintings of cupids with press.
See
Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Primo: Le Pitture 1, 1757, Tav. XXXV, p.183, found in the Scavi at
Resina, 13th August 1748.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9179.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Cupids playing with a rope, found 12th August 1748 at Herculaneum, but in a different place. Field measuring?
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Part of inventory number 9179.
See De Caro, S., Ed., 1996. The National Archaeological Museum of Naples. Napoli: Electa, p. 260-1.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Cupids playing with a rope, found 12th August 1748 at Herculaneum, but in a different place.
See
Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Primo: Le Pitture 1, 1757, XXXII, p.169.
Now
in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9179.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Small painting of Cupids found 17th August 1748 in the Scavi at Resina. Making shoes?
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Part of inventory number 9179.
See De Caro, S., Ed., 1996. The National Archaeological Museum of Naples. Napoli: Electa, p. 260-1.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Small painting of Cupids making shoes.
See Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Primo: Le Pitture 1, 1757, Tav XXXV, p.183. Found 17th August 1748 in the Scavi at Resina.
Now
in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9179.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Small painting of Cupids sawing. Carpentry?
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Part of inventory number 9179.
See De Caro, S., Ed., 1996. The National Archaeological Museum of Naples. Napoli: Electa, p. 260-1.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Small painting of Cupids sawing.
See
Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Primo: Le Pitture 1, 1757, Tav. XXXIV,
p.177, found in the Scavi at Resina, 13 August 1748.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.
Inventory number 9179.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Small paintings of Cupids with attributes of Venus and Mars.
See Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Primo: Le Pitture 1, 1757, Tav. XXIX, p.151, found 31st August 1748 in the same place, in the Scavi at Resina.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum,
inventory number 9210.
The painting on the left shows two cupids
around the throne of Venus/Aphrodite.
The painting on the right shows two
cupids around the throne of Mars/Ares.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Painting of Cupids with attributes of Venus/Aphrodite.
See Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Primo: Le Pitture 1, 1757, Tav. XXIX, p.151, found 31st August 1748 in the same place, in the Scavi at Resina.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum,
inventory number 9210.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Painting of Cupids with attributes of Mars/Ares.
See Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Primo: Le Pitture 1, 1757, Tav. XXIX, p.151, found 31st August 1748 in the same place, in the Scavi at Resina.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum,
inventory number 9210.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Small painting of a cupid hunting found 6th August 1748 at Scavi di Resina.
Now
in the Louvre. Inventory number P16-2.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Small painting found 6th August 1748 at Scavi di Resina.
See Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Primo: Le
Pitture 1, 1757, tav XXXVII, p. 193
Now in the Louvre. Inventory number
P16-2.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Small painting found 6th August 1748 at Scavi di Resina.
Now in the Louvre. Inventory number
P16-1.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Small painting found 6th August 1748 at Scavi di Resina.
See Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Primo: Le
Pitture 1, 1757, tav XXXVII, p. 193.
Now in the Louvre. Inventory number
P16-1.
Cryptoporticus 29, east wall, and doorways to rooms 19, 20, 21, 22
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. East Portico.
Cryptoporticus 29, looking north towards junction with Cryptoporticus 28, at east end. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21,
Herculaneum. August 2021. Cryptoporticus 29, looking south along east
portico. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.
IV.21 Herculaneum. Photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.
Cryptoporticus 29,
looking south along west wall of east portico. Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Cryptoporticus 29, looking south along east wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018.
Cryptoporticus 29, detail of painted decoration from east wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Cryptoporticus 29, painted decoration from upper east wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Cryptoporticus 29, detail of painted decoration from upper east wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum.
Five deer. Found between August and September 1748, perhaps from the
eastern Cryptoporticus 29.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.
Inventory number 8803.
See Tran Tam Tinh, 1988. La Casa dei Cervi a Herculanum. Roma: Giorgio Bretschneider. (fig.72).
IV.21, Herculaneum, June 2017. Cryptoporticus 29, looking north along east wall. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Cryptoporticus 29, painted decoration from upper east wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Cryptoporticus 29, detail of painted decoration from upper east wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Cryptoporticus 29, looking towards east wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Cryptoporticus 29, detail of painted decoration on east wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018.
Cryptoporticus 29, looking towards the south end of the east wall and remaining painted decoration.
On the right are the doorways to rooms 19, 20 and 21. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018.
Cryptoporticus 29, detail of painted decoration remaining on the east wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018.
Cryptoporticus 29, detail of painted decoration remaining on the east wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018.
Cryptoporticus 29, detail of painted decoration remaining on the east wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Room 19, exterior north wall with window.
This room was at the south end of Cryptoporticus 29. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018.
Room 19, interior north wall with window overlooking Cardo V Inferiore. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018.
Room 20, Looking east into doorway of room at south end of Cryptoporticus 29. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Cryptoporticus 29, south-east corner where it joins Cryptoporticus 30.
In the east wall, on the left, is the doorway to Room 21.
In the south wall, centre and right, are two doorways to the garden terrace overlooking the sea. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018.
Cryptoporticus 29, doorway and threshold to garden terrace at south end, at junction with east end of Cryptoporticus 30.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Garden terrace at east end of terrace overlooking beachfront, looking south.
On the left would have been the doorway to room 22. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
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