Herculaneum IV.21. Casa dei Cervi or House of the Stags or Deer.
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Room 15
![IV.21, Herculaneum, September 2019. Room 15, looking north towards garden area, from Cryptoporticus 30.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Maiuri wrote that the south quarters between the garden and the terraces opening upon the view of the shore and the gulf, were still even more sumptuous, though less well preserved. In the centre was a room that served as a summer triclinium and oecus, unfortunately only a small part of the flooring in opus sectile escaped the sacking of the cuniculi, and little remains of the decoration (a still-life and a mythological or tragic painting on the corner pilaster.
This room is flanked by two beautiful smaller ones, with windows looking onto the garden, and with marble flooring.
In the middle of the loggia is a pergola with four pilasters, and on either side there is a room for repose and for the siesta (diaetae); one of these [Diaeta 23] had superb remains of an opus sectile floor. Beyond these rooms was an uncovered terrace (solarium).
See Maiuri, Amedeo, (1977). Herculaneum. 7th English ed, of Guide books to the Museums Galleries and Monuments of Italy, No.53 (p.63).](Herculaneum%204%2021%20p8_files/image002.jpg)
IV.21, Herculaneum, September 2019.
Room 15, looking north towards garden area, from Cryptoporticus 30. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Maiuri wrote that the south quarters between the garden and the terraces opening upon the view of the shore and the gulf, were still even more sumptuous, though less well preserved. In the centre was a room that served as a summer triclinium and oecus, unfortunately only a small part of the flooring in opus sectile escaped the sacking of the cuniculi, and little remains of the decoration (a still-life and a mythological or tragic painting on the corner pilaster.
This room is flanked by two beautiful smaller ones, with windows looking onto the garden, and with marble flooring.
In the middle of the loggia is a pergola with four pilasters, and on either side there is a room for repose and for the siesta (diaetae); one of these [Diaeta 23] had superb remains of an opus sectile floor. Beyond these rooms was an uncovered terrace (solarium).
See Maiuri, Amedeo, (1977). Herculaneum. 7th English ed, of Guidebooks to the Museums Galleries and Monuments of Italy, No.53 (p.63).
IV.21, Herculaneum, June 2017. Room 15, looking north towards garden area, from Cryptoporticus 30. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
IV.21, Herculaneum, August 2021. Oecus 15, looking north towards garden area 32.
Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Oecus 15, looking south across flooring, from garden area 32. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum, June 2017. Room 15, remains of opus sectile flooring. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Room 15, remains of opus sectile flooring at north end. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Room 15, remains of opus sectile flooring. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum, June 2017. Room 15, looking north-west across flooring towards garden area, 32. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Room 15, looking towards west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Room 15, remains of flooring near west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum. Photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.
Room 15,
mythological wall painting from west wall. Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Room 15, mythological wall painting from west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum, June 2017.
Room 15, mythological wall painting from west wall. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Room 15, detail from mythological wall painting on west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018.
Room 15, detail of remains of painted decoration from north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum, June 2017.
Room 15, remains of painted decoration from north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
IV.21, Herculaneum. 1968.
Large triclinium 15, north-west corner. Remains of still life showing 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. 1968.
Large triclinium 15, north-west corner. Detail of remains of still life showing 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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In the centre was a room that served as a summer triclinium and oecus, unfortunately only a small part of the flooring in opus sectile escaped the sacking of the cuniculi, and little remains of the decoration (a still-life and a mythological or tragic painting on the corner pilaster.
See Maiuri, Amedeo, (1977). Herculaneum. 7th English ed, of Guidebooks to the Museums Galleries and Monuments of Italy, No.53 (p.63).
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Large triclinium 15, flooring in north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Large triclinium 15, flooring in north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Large triclinium 15, north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum. May 2018. Large triclinium 15, looking south. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IV.21, Herculaneum. 4th December 1971. Large
triclinium 15, looking south from garden area 32.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer, from Dr George Fay’s slides collection.
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