Herculaneum IV.21. Casa dei Cervi or House of the Stags or Deer.

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Cryptoporticus 29, west wall

IV.21, Herculaneum, September 2019.

Looking south along cryptoporticus 29, west wall of the east portico. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

IV.21, Herculaneum, June 2017. Looking north along cryptoporticus 29, west wall of the east portico. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Cryptoporticus 29, looking south along west wall of east portico. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018.

Cryptoporticus 29, painted panel showing fruit and nuts on a wicker tray, from west wall of east portico. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum. October 2020.

Cryptoporticus 29, west wall, painting of fruit and nuts on a wicker tray. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2010.

Eastern ambulatory of cryptoporticus 29, west wall, middle zone, small still life with fruit and nuts on a wicker tray.

IV.21, Herculaneum. 1968.

Eastern ambulatory of cryptoporticus 29, west wall, middle zone, small still life with fruit and nuts on a wicker tray. 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.

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IV.21, Herculaneum. September 2019.

Cryptoporticus 29, west wall, middle zone. Detail of small still life with fruit and nuts on a wicker tray. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Cryptoporticus 29, painted decoration on west wall of east portico. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018.

Cryptoporticus 29, painted panel with still life on west wall of east portico. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Cryptoporticus 29, still life on west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2010. Eastern ambulatory of cryptoporticus 29, west wall. Still life.

IV.21, Herculaneum. 1968. Eastern ambulatory of cryptoporticus 29, west wall. Still life. 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.

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IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018.

Cryptoporticus 29, looking towards west wall with painted decoration and panels. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum. October 2020.

Cryptoporticus 29, detail of painted decoration on west wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Cryptoporticus 29, detail of painted decoration on west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018.

Cryptoporticus 29, painted decoration and panel of still-life from west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018.

Cryptoporticus 29, painted panel with still life of fallen basket of fruit, from west wall of east portico. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum, October 2020.

Cryptoporticus 29, painted panel with still life of fallen basket of fruit, from west wall of east portico. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2010. Eastern ambulatory of cryptoporticus 29, west wall, middle zone, small still life with a basket of fruit.

IV.21, Herculaneum. 1968.

Cryptoporticus 29, west wall, middle zone. Small still life with a basket of fruit. 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.

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IV.21, Herculaneum. September 2019.

Cryptoporticus 29, west wall, middle zone. Detail of small still life with a basket of fruit. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

IV.21, Herculaneum. 1972. Still life. 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.

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IV.21, Herculaneum, June 2017.

Cryptoporticus 30, looking east, with oecus room 17, upper left, and with doorway to room/pergola 18, on right.

Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Cryptoporticus 30, detail of flooring. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum. September 2017. Looking north-west towards room/pergola 18, from access roadway.

On either side of room 18 were small garden terraces. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Room/pergola 18, looking south from Cryptoporticus 30. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018.

 Room 18, looking south towards threshold at east end, adjoining onto Cryptoporticus 30. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018.

Room 18, threshold at west end, adjoining onto Cryptoporticus 30. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Room 18, looking south across flooring. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum, June 2017. Room 18, looking south across flooring in pergola 18. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018.

Room 18, looking south across pergola 18, towards terrace and beachfront. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum. 7th August 1976. Pergola 18, looking south to table, and terrace overlooking beachfront.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer, from Dr George Fay’s slides collection.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Room 18, looking south towards marble table. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Room 18, looking north towards marble table. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018.

Room 18, looking south-east towards garden terrace overlooking beachfront. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

According to Jashemski – “Flanking the pergola (room 18) there were two small gardens.

On the far side of each little garden there was an elegant room for repose with a window or door looking into the garden, another window looking out onto the sea.

The statuettes of the boy Eros may have decorated these rooms and have been swept below by the torrent of mud that overwhelmed Herculaneum.”

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.265)

(Note: copies of the statuette of the boy Eros now decorate the tomb of Nonius Balbus on the terrace of the Suburban Baths).

IV.21, Herculaneum. Photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.

Looking south across garden terrace which would have overlooked the beachfront. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018.

Looking south across east garden terrace with pilasters of room 18, on right. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018.

Room 18, pilasters on east side, looking towards garden terrace with Room 22 at far end, on left. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018.

Room 18, looking towards pilasters on west side, with garden terrace. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum, March 2008.

Room 18, looking south-west across pergola 18, towards terrace and beachfront. Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.

IV.21 Herculaneum. 1957. Looking north across garden terrace on west side of Room 18.

Window, on left, belonging to diaeta 23, the small room overlooking small garden terrace on west side of pergola.

Doorway leading to Cryptoporticus 30, on right. 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.

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IV.21, Herculaneum. Undated postcard.

Looking west from garden terrace, across pergola 18, towards window belonging to diaeta 23, the small room overlooking garden terrace on west side. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.

IV.21 Herculaneum. May 2005. Diaeta 23 on west side of terrace. Complex opus sectile flooring. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

See Tinh, Tran Tam, 1988. La Casa dei Cervi a Herculanum. Roma: Giorgio Bretschneider, fig. 24.

See Sposito, Francesca, 2016. TESS – Scheda 18421 (http://tess.beniculturali.unipd.it/web/scheda/?recid=18421),

IV.21, Herculaneum. 1964.

Looking north from the pergola 18 through the large triclinium 15 to the garden area 32. Oecus 17 is the building on the right.

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.

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IV.21, Herculaneum. 1964.

Looking north through the large triclinium 15 and across the garden area, from room 18. 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.

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IV.21, Herculaneum. 1968. Looking towards east side of pergola 18, with table. 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.

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IV.21, Herculaneum. 1968. Room 18, looking north-east across table on terrace. 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.

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Cryptoporticus 31 and 30, West End

IV.21, Herculaneum, June 2017. West portico.

Cryptoporticus 31, looking north along west portico from Cryptoporticus 30.

The hole in the wall, on the right, would have been made by the original bourbon tunnellers.

Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

IV.21 Herculaneum. Photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.

Cryptoporticus 31, looking north along west portico from Cryptoporticus 30. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

IV.21 Herculaneum. March 2019. Cryptoporticus 30, looking towards west wall at junction with Cryptoporticus 31, on right.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018.

Cryptoporticus 31, west wall at south end at junction with Cryptoporticus 30. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Cryptoporticus 31, looking north along west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Cryptoporticus 31, detail of painted decoration from west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018.

Cryptoporticus 31, looking north along west wall with painted decoration. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Cryptoporticus 31, detail of painted stucco on west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018.

Cryptoporticus 31, looking north towards junction with Cryptoporticus 28, and doorway to Oecus 7. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum, June 2017. Looking north-west towards Cryptoporticus 31, from west end of Cryptoporticus 30.

On the right would be the doorway to Oecus 16. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

IV.21 Herculaneum. March 2019.

North wall of the southern cryptoporticus 30, with doorway to Oecus 16.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018.

North wall of the southern cryptoporticus 30. Maritime landscape. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2010. North wall of the southern cryptoporticus 30. Maritime landscape.

IV.21, Herculaneum. March 2008. North wall of the southern cryptoporticus 30. Maritime landscape. Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.

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