Herculaneum VI.17. Casa del Colonnato Tuscanico or House of the Tuscan Colonnade.
Linked to VI.16, 18 and 26. Excavated 1959-61.
Room 7, oecus on west side of
atrium.
VI.17 Herculaneum, September 2015. Mosaic threshold of oecus on west side of atrium.
In this room, two paintings were conserved. On the south wall was a maenad sitting and a young pan, and on the west wall a scene of conversation between two women. At the top of the west wall was a still life with basket and birds.
See Guidobaldi,
M. P., 2006. Ercolano: guida agli scavi.
Electa Napoli, p. 108.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
February 2003. Flooring. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
February 2003. Flooring. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
February 2003.
South wall of
oecus. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
February 2003. South wall of oecus. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
February 2003.
Painting from south
wall of oecus of a Maenad sitting watching boy Pan. Photo courtesy of Nicolas
Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum, September 2015. West wall of atrium, looking south towards doorway to oecus.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
July 2003. West wall of atrium. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Room 8, corridor leading to rear,
above which was a loft in which 22 amphorae were found, with stairs to upper
floor on east side of corridor.
VI.17 Herculaneum, September 2015. Corridor leading to peristyle, on west side of tablinum.
V1.17, Herculaneum.
July 2003. East wall of corridor. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
February 2003.
West wall of
corridor at north end, with room 7, oecus, on right. Photo courtesy of Nicolas
Monteix.
Room 9, area at rear of corridor 8,
leading to east and north portico, and with doorway to room 11, on east and
room 13, on west.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
February 2003. Looking north towards corridor 8, leading to west side of
atrium.
On the upper floor
is a doorway to the loft area, where the amphorae were found. Photo courtesy of
Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
Not dated.
Looking towards
upper north wall. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
Not dated.
Detail from north
wall of area 9. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
February 2003. Structure against north wall in area 9. Photo courtesy of
Nicolas Monteix.
Area 10, stairs to upper floor.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
May 2005. North wall of stair-room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
July 2003. Looking towards north wall of stair-room, with stairs on right.
The window is the
window at the west end of the tablinum. On the left is corridor 8. Photo
courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
July 2003. Stairs against north wall. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
July 2003. Stairs against north wall. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
February 2003. North wall of stairway. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
February 2003. Detail of stairs and north wall. Photo courtesy of Nicolas
Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
February 2003.
North wall of
stairs, with blocked window from east end of tablinum. Photo courtesy of
Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
May 2005. Detail from north wall of stairway and blocked window from tablinum.
Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
May 2005. North wall of stairway, at east end. Photo courtesy of Nicolas
Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
May 2005. Detail from east end of north wall of stairway. Photo courtesy of
Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
May 2005. Detail from north wall of stairway. Photo courtesy of Nicolas
Monteix.
Room 11, cubiculum on east side of
area 9.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
Not dated.
Looking east
towards doorway to cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
February 2003. Detail of threshold of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Nicolas
Monteix.
VI.17 Herculanium. February 2003.
Looking towards
south wall, with holes for support beams for an upper floor.
Photo courtesy of
Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
Not dated.
Looking towards
south-east corner and south wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Nicolas
Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
February 2003.
Detail from south
wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
Not dated.
Looking towards
south wall and south-west corner. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
April 2002. Looking towards upper south-west corner and west wall. Photo
courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Room 12, Peristyle
VI.17 Herculaneum.
Not dated.
Remains of painted
decoration on east wall of peristyle, near doorway to cubiculum 11.
Photo courtesy of
Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
Not dated.
Looking towards
east wall in north-east corner of peristyle. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum. September 2019.
Looking
towards east wall from north portico. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
April 2002. Looking towards east wall of peristyle, in north-east corner. Photo
courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
April 2002.
Looking south along
east portico, and across peristyle from north-east corner. Photo courtesy of
Nicolas Monteix.
The peristyle was
bordered by Tuscan columns made of brick but covered with stucco.
The lower part of
the columns were painted in black and red
alternatively.
VI.17 Herculaneum,
Not dated.
Looking east across
columns of south portico. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum. 4th
December 1971. Looking towards south-east corner of peristyle.
Note:
the water-spouts positioned on the roof.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer, from Dr George
Fay’s slides collection.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
May 2004.
Looking towards
painted decoration on south wall in south-east corner of peristyle. Photo
courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
April 2002. Looking towards the upper east wall of the peristyle. Photo
courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum. September 2019.
Looking
towards south-east corner across peristyle, from north-west portico. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.17 Herculaneum. September 2019. Looking towards south wall across peristyle, from
west portico. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
February 2003.
Looking west across
columns of south portico of peristyle. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum. September 2019. Looking south towards south-west corner of
peristyle. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.17 Herculaneum. September 2019. Looking south along west portico. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
May 2004.
Looking towards
south-west corner of peristyle, with doorway to room 16, on right. Photo
courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
February 2003.
Detail from south
wall of peristyle, with corridor on the south side of room 16, on right.
Photo courtesy of
Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17 Herculaneum. September 2019.
Looking
west across peristyle to west portico, from east end of north portico. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.17
Herculaneum. 4th December 1971. Looking towards west portico and
doorways to rooms 17, 16, 15, and 14.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer, from Dr George
Fay’s slides collection.
VI.17 Herculaneum.
Not dated. Looking towards north-west corner of
portico.
On the left are the doorways to rooms 14 and
15. The doorway to Triclinium 13 is on
the right.
VI.17
Herculaneum. 4th December 1971. Looking towards upper area of
north-west corner of portico.
Room
13 is on the right. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer, from Dr George
Fay’s slides collection.
VI.17 Herculaneum. Not dated. Painted
decoration on upper north wall of portico in north-west corner.
VI.17 Herculaneum. Not dated. Detail of
painted decoration on north wall of portico in north-west corner
VI.17 Herculaneum, September 2003.
Looking from above peristyle towards rooms
on west side and upper rooms. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.