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Pompeii and the Roman Villa

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This image set follows the text of the Guide for Latin Classes, but it includes most of the primary works discussed in the Children's and High School Discovery Guides. Click images for larger views.

1. PORTRAITS AND THE JULIO-CLAUDIANS

Augustus early 1st century AD marble The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland Photo The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore   Julius Caesar probably mid-1st century BC marble Lent by the Toledo Museum of Art; Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, gift of Edward Drummond Libbey   Drusus Major probably last quarter of 1st century BC bronze Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli Photography Luciano Pedicini   Gaius (Caligula) 1st century AD Parian (?) marble Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico dei Campi Flegrei, Baia Mimmo Jodice/Contrasto   Nero 1st century AD marble Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts

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The empress Livia and her son Tiberius(?) early 1st century AD turquoise Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Henry Lillie Pierce Fund   Gaius Cornelius Rufus 1st century BC-1st century AD marble Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Ufficio Scavi, Pompei Photography Luciano Pedicini            

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2. OBJECTS IN THE HOME

Skyphos with the Labors of Hercules probably 2nd half of 1st century BC silver Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli Photography Luciano Pedicini  

Sill life with writing implements 1st century BC–1st century AD fresco Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli Photography © Luciano Pedicini		   Ornaments from a dining couch in the form of mules’ heads 1st century BC–1st century AD bronze, silver, and copper Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli Fotografica Foglia, Alfredo and Pio Foglia   Frolicking centaurs 1st century BC–1st century AD fresco Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli Photography © Luciano Pedicini

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Dionysos probably 1st century AD bronze Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Ufficio Scavi, Pompei Photography Luciano Pedicini   Chain with figurine of Isis-Fortuna probably 1st century AD gold Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Ufficio Scavi, Pompei Photography Luciano Pedicini   Serpent bracelet 1st century BC–1st century Ad gold Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli Photography Luciano Pedicini   Skyphos with inlaid Egyptian figures 1st century BC–1st century AD obsidian with coral, lapis lazuli, jasper, carnelian, malachite, and gold inlay Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli Photography © Luciano Pedicini

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3. IN THE GARDEN AND DINING ROOM

Panel with a Dionysiac procession 1st century BC–1st century AD marble Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli Photography Luciano Pedicini   Plato’s Academy 1st century BC–1st century AD mosaic Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli Photography © Luciano Pedicini   Victorious youth 1st century BC–1st century AD bronze Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli Photography Luciano Pedicini   Apollo with muses Clio and Euterpe 1st century AD fresco Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Ufficio Scavi, Pompei Fotografica Foglia, Alfredo and Pio Foglia        

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4. GREEK LEGACIES

Homer 1st century BC–1st century AD marble On loan from The British Museum The Trustees of The British Museum   Menander 1st century BC–1st century AD marble Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Catharine Page Perkins Fund   Thracian gladiator’s helmet 1st century BC–1st century AD bronze Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli Photography Luciano Pedicini   Artemis (Diana) 1st century BC–1st century AD Pentelic marble Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli Photography Luciano Pedicini   Aphrodite probably early 1st century AD Pentelic marble Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico dei Campi Flegrei, Baia © Mimmo Jodice/Contrasto   Torso from a statue of a woman 1st century AD marble Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico dei Campi Flegrei, Baia Mimmo Jodice/Contrasto

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5. REDISCOVERY

Pierre–Henri de Valenciennes French, 1750–1819 Eruption of Vesuvius 1813 oil on canvas Musée des Augustins, Toulouse   Luigi Bazzani Italian, 1836–1927 A Pompeian Interior 1882 oil on panel Dahesh Museum of Art   Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema British, 1836–1912 A Sculpture Gallery 1874 oil on canvas Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. Gift of Arthur M. Loew, Class of 1921A            

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Captions

The works of art from Italian collections were lent to the exhibition under the authorization of the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei.


1. Augustus
early 1st century AD
marble
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
Photo © The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

2. Julius Caesar
probably mid-1st century BC
marble
Lent by the Toledo Museum of Art; Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

3. Drusus Major
probably last quarter of 1st century BC
bronze
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
Photography © Luciano Pedicini

4. Gaius (Caligula)
1st century AD
Parian (?) marble
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico dei Campi Flegrei, Baia
Photography © Mimmo Jodice/Contrasto

5. Nero
1st century AD
marble
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts

6. The empress Livia and her son Tiberius(?)
early 1st century AD
turquoise
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Henry Lillie Pierce Fund

7. Gaius Cornelius Rufus
1st century BC–1st century AD
marble
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Ufficio Scavi, Pompei
Photography © Luciano Pedicini

8. Skyphos with the Labors of Hercules
probably 2nd half of 1st century BC
silver
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
Photography © Luciano Pedicini

9. Sill life with writing implements
1st century BC–1st century AD
fresco
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
Photography © Luciano Pedicini

10. Ornament from a dining couch in the form of a mule head
1st century BC–1st century AD
bronze, silver, and copper
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
Photography © Fotografica Foglia, Alfredo and Pio Foglia

11. Frolicking centaurs (detail)
1st century BC–1st century AD
fresco
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
Photography © Luciano Pedicini

12. Dionysos
probably 1st century AD
bronze
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Ufficio Scavi, Pompei
Photography © Luciano Pedicini

13. Chain with figurine of Isis-Fortuna
probably 1st century AD
gold
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Ufficio Scavi, Pompei
Photography © Luciano Pedicini

14. Serpent bracelet
1st century BC–1st century AD
gold
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
Photography © Luciano Pedicini

15. Skyphos with inlaid Egyptian figures
1st century BC–1st century AD
obsidian with coral, lapis lazuli, jasper, carnelian, malachite, and gold inlay
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
Photography © Luciano Pedicini

16. Panel with a Dionysiac procession
1st century BC–1st century AD
marble
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
Photography © Luciano Pedicini

17. Plato's Academy
1st century BC–1st century AD
mosaic
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
Photography © Luciano Pedicini

18. Victorious youth
1st century BC–1st century AD
bronze
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
Photography © Luciano Pedicini

19. Apollo with muses Clio and Euterpe
1st century AD
fresco
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Ufficio Scavi, Pompei
Photography © Fotografica Foglia, Alfredo and Pio Foglia

20. Homer
1st century BC–1st century AD
marble
On loan from The British Museum
© The Trustees of The British Museum

21. Menander
1st century BC–1st century AD
marble
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Catharine Page Perkins Fund

22. Thracian gladiator's helmet
1st century BC–1st century AD
bronze
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
Photography © Luciano Pedicini

23. Artemis (Diana)
1st century BC–1st century AD
Pentelic marble
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
Photography © Luciano Pedicini

24. Aphrodite
probably early 1st century AD
Pentelic marble
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico dei Campi Flegrei, Baia
Photography © Mimmo Jodice/Contrasto

25. Torso from a statue of a woman
1st century AD
marble
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico dei Campi Flegrei, Baia
Photography © Mimmo Jodice/Contrasto

26. Pierre–Henri de Valenciennes
French, 1750–1819
Eruption of Vesuvius
1813
oil on canvas
Musée des Augustins, Toulouse

27. Luigi Bazzani
Italian, 1836–1927
A Pompeian Interior
1882
oil on panel
Dahesh Museum of Art

28. Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
British, 1836–1912
A Sculpture Gallery
1874
oil on canvas
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. Gift of Arthur M. Loew, Class of 1921A


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