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Pompeii. Fountain at VIII.2.29 with relief of bull or ox.

Excavated 1768?

 

Vicolo della Regina, October 2020. Looking east, with rear of fountain near VIII.2.29, on right.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

Vicolo della Regina, October 2020.

Looking east, with rear of fountain near VIII.2.29, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

 

VIII.6.1 Pompeii, on left. December 2004. Vicolo della Regina looking east with fountain at VIII.2.29, on right.

VIII.6.1 Pompeii on left. December 2004. Vicolo della Regina looking east with fountain at VIII.2.29 on right.

 

Rear of fountain at VIII.2.29. December 2005. Looking south-east.

Rear of fountain at VIII.2.29. December 2005. Looking south-east.

 

Fountain at VIII.2.29. December 2005. Looking south-west across fountain towards Vicolo della Regina.

Fountain at VIII.2.29. December 2005. Looking south-west across fountain towards Vicolo della Regina.

 

Vicolo della Regina, Pompeii. Drawing by Mazois, looking west to junction with Vicolo dei Dodici Dei.
According to Mazois – this fountain was decorated with the head of a bull; but what made it remarkable was the iron balustrade which surrounded it at the side of the sidewalk to stop anyone falling into the basin.
The iron bars, already almost destroyed by rust during their discovery, could not resist for long the atmosphere of the air, they have disappeared, however there are still fragments embedded into the stone.
See Mazois, F., 1824. Les Ruines de Pompei : Second Partie. Paris: Firmin Didot, Pl. V, fig.1, and p. 38.

Vicolo della Regina, Pompeii. Drawing by Mazois, looking west to junction with Vicolo dei Dodici Dei.

According to Mazois – this fountain was decorated with the head of a bull; but what made it remarkable was the iron balustrade which surrounded it at the side of the sidewalk to stop anyone falling into the basin.

The iron bars, already almost destroyed by rust during their discovery, could not resist for long the atmosphere of the air, they have disappeared, however there are still fragments embedded into the stone.

See Mazois, F., 1824. Les Ruines de Pompei : Second Partie. Paris: Firmin Didot, Pl. V, fig.1, and p. 38.

 

Fountain at VIII.2.29. Between 1819 and 1832, drawing by W. Gell of the fountain in Vicolo della Regina.
The relief head is shown additionally in the top left of the drawing.
See Gell, W. Pompeii unpublished [Dessins de l'édition de 1832 donnant le résultat des fouilles post 1819 (?)] vol II, p. 62 of 178.
Bibliothèque de l'Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, collections Jacques Doucet, Identifiant numérique Num MS180 (2).
See book in INHA Use Etalab Licence Ouverte

Fountain at VIII.2.29. Between 1819 and 1832, drawing by W. Gell of the fountain in Vicolo della Regina.

The relief head is shown additionally in the top left of the drawing.

See Gell, W. Pompeii unpublished [Dessins de l'édition de 1832 donnant le résultat des fouilles post 1819 (?)] vol II, p. 62 of 178.

Bibliothèque de l'Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, collections Jacques Doucet, Identifiant numérique Num MS180 (2).

See book in INHA Use Etalab Licence Ouverte

 

Fountain at VIII.2.29. October 2020. Looking west. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

Fountain at VIII.2.29. October 2020. Looking west. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

 

VIII.2.29 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking west across fountain. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VIII.2.29 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking west across fountain. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

 

Fountain at VIII.2.29. October 2020. Looking west. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

Fountain at VIII.2.29. October 2020. Looking west. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

 

Fountain at VIII.2.29. December 2005. Relief of head of bull or ox. Looking west.

Fountain at VIII.2.29. December 2005. Relief of head of bull or ox. Looking west.

 

Fountain at VIII.2.29. December 2005. Relief of bull or ox, looking south-west.

Fountain at VIII.2.29. December 2005. Relief of bull or ox, looking south-west.

 

Fountain at VIII.2.29. December 2005. Detail of relief of bull or ox, looking west. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

Fountain at VIII.2.29. December 2005. Detail of relief of bull or ox, looking west. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

 

Fountain at VIII.2.29. December 2005. Relief of bull or ox, looking north-west.

Fountain at VIII.2.29. December 2005. Relief of bull or ox, looking north-west.

 

 

 

 

 

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