Stabiae, Villa di Arianna or
Villa Arianna or Villa di Varano A.
Excavated 1757-1762, 1777-1778, 1950-1962.
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Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Doorway to room F.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, June 2019. Room F, threshold to doorway.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room F, threshold to doorway.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, December
2023.
Room F, looking south from doorway. Photo
courtesy of Miriam Colomer.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, June 2019. Room F, looking south from
doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, June 2019. Room F, west wall. Photo
courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room F, looking south along west wall.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room F, looking towards south wall.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, June 2019. Room F, detail of south wall.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, found 17th January 1761. Room F. Painting of a seated satyr.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9116.
See Sampaolo V.
and Bragantini I., Eds, 2009. La Pittura
Pompeiana. Electa: Verona, p. 482.
See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi, p. 246.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room F, looking east through doorway to room E.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room E, looking towards window in east wall overlooking garden D.
According to the description notice-board –
the decoration of room E originally showed a similar wall decoration to that of room 12, but room E was less rich in detail.
Stabiae, Villa
Arianna, December
2023.
Room E, window from terrace, looking south into room with three windows.
Photo courtesy of
Miriam Colomer.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015.
Room E, looking south through window towards the unexcavated.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room E, looking south across floor.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room E, west wall with doorway to room F.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, found 30th December 1760 to 3rd January 1761. Room E, landscape painting.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9421.
See Sampaolo V. and Bragantini I., Eds, 2009. La Pittura Pompeiana. Electa: Verona, p. 480-1.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, found 30th December 1760 to 3rd January 1761. Room E, landscape painting.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9424.
See Sampaolo V. and Bragantini I., Eds, 2009. La Pittura Pompeiana. Electa: Verona, p. 480-1.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, found 30th December 1760 to 3rd January 1761. Room E, landscape painting.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9431.
See Sampaolo V. and Bragantini I., Eds, 2009. La Pittura Pompeiana. Electa: Verona, p. 480-1.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, found 30th December 1760 to 3rd January 1761. Room E, landscape painting.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9392.
See Sampaolo V. and Bragantini I., Eds, 2009. La Pittura Pompeiana. Electa: Verona, p. 480-1.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, found 3rd January 1761. Room E, landscape fresco with pygmies.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9095.
See Sampaolo V. and Bragantini I., Eds, 2009. La Pittura Pompeiana. Electa: Verona, p. 478-9.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, found 3rd January 1761. Room E, landscape fresco with pygmies.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9099.
See Sampaolo V. and Bragantini I., Eds, 2009. La Pittura Pompeiana. Electa: Verona, p. 478-9.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, found 3rd January 1761. Room E, landscape fresco with pygmies.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9099.
Drawing of fresco by Abbate, dated pre-1843.
See Raccolta de più interessante Dipinture e di più belle Musaici rinvenuti negli Scavi di Ercolano, di Pompei, e di Stabia. 1843. Napoli, p. 75.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, found 3rd January 1761. Room E, landscape fresco with pygmies.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9098.
See Sampaolo V. and Bragantini I., Eds, 2009. La Pittura Pompeiana. Electa: Verona, p. 478-9.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, found 3rd January 1761. Room E, landscape fresco with pygmies.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9098.
Drawing of fresco by Abbate, dated pre-1843.
See Raccolta de più interessante Dipinture e di più belle Musaici rinvenuti negli Scavi di Ercolano, di Pompei, e di Stabia. 1843. Napoli, p. 73.
These three paintings (above) were from the same wall as inventory numbers 8856 and 8883 (below).
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, found 24th December 1760. Room E, painting of sea horses.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8883.
See Sampaolo V. and Bragantini I., Eds, 2009. La Pittura Pompeiana. Electa: Verona, p. 477.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, found 24th December 1760. Room E, painting of sea horses.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8856.
See Sampaolo V. and Bragantini I., Eds, 2009. La Pittura Pompeiana. Electa: Verona, p. 477.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, found 24th December 1760. Room E, painting of vases as competition trophies.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9950.
See Sampaolo V. and Bragantini I., Eds, 2009. La Pittura Pompeiana. Electa: Verona, p. 477.
Stabiae, Villa
Arianna, found 3rd January 1761.
Room E, painting of compartment with a mask of Pan and kantharos above.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9614.
See Sampaolo V. and Bragantini I., Eds, 2009. La Pittura Pompeiana. Electa: Verona, p. 476.
Stabiae, Villa
Arianna, found 3rd January 1761.
Room E, painting of compartment with a mask of Pan and kantharos above.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9619.
See Sampaolo V. and Bragantini I., Eds, 2009. La Pittura Pompeiana. Electa: Verona, p. 476.
Stabiae, Villa
Arianna, found 3rd January 1761.
Room E, painting of compartment with a mask of Pan and kantharos above.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9623.
See Sampaolo V. and Bragantini I., Eds, 2009. La Pittura Pompeiana. Electa: Verona, p. 476.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, found 24th December 1760. Room E, painted panel of woman (caryatid).
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8841.
See Sampaolo V. and Bragantini I., Eds, 2009. La Pittura Pompeiana. Electa: Verona, p. 474-5.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, found 24th December 1760. Room E, painted panel of woman (caryatid).
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8914.
See Sampaolo V. and Bragantini I., Eds, 2009. La Pittura Pompeiana. Electa: Verona, p. 474-5.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, found 24th December 1760. Room E, painted panel of woman (caryatid).
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8912.
See Sampaolo V. and Bragantini I., Eds, 2009. La Pittura Pompeiana. Electa: Verona, p. 474-5.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, October 2020.
Looking across terrace, with windows to room D and A, on right, followed by doorway to exedra A. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Garden D, looking south through window from terrace.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, June 2019.
Painted decoration on south wall of terrace, with window to garden
D, on left, and to room E, on right. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, 1976. Looking south-east towards large entrance doorway to windowed exedra A.
On each side of the summer triclinium were windowed sunken gardens. 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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Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Garden D, looking south through window on terrace.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Garden D, looking south along exterior wall of room E, with window.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Garden D, looking south along exterior wall of room A, with many windows.
Villa Arianna, 1976.
Garden D, looking south across sunken garden on west side of exedra. 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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Villa Arianna, 1976.
Garden D, looking north-east across large windowed exedra from sunken garden on the west side. 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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Stabiae, Villa Arianna, December
2023.
Room A, looking south to entrance doorway from terrace.
Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, October 2020.
Room A, entrance doorway from terrace. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room A, entrance doorway from terrace.
Villa Arianna, 1976.
Looking south-east into the large exedra A. 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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Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room A, floor and remaining threshold, looking east.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, June 2019. Room
A, floor and remaining threshold. Photo
courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room A, floor and remaining threshold, looking west.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, June 2019. Room A, detail of doorway
threshold at west end of floor. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room A, west side of floor.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room A, west wall.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, June 2019. Room
A, looking towards south wall. Photo
courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room A, looking towards south wall.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room A, looking south across floor towards rear wall.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room A, east side of floor.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room A, east wall with windows.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, 1976.
Looking south-east towards the doorway into the exedra A. 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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Stabiae, Villa Arianna, 1976.
Doorway to the large windowed exedra A, above the terraces, and window on its east side to room 13, another sunken garden.
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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Stabiae, Villa Arianna, 1968.
Doorway to the large windowed exedra room A, on right, and rooms on its east side, above the vaulted wall of the 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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Stabiae, Villa Ariana, 1968.
Looking south-east towards room A, on right, and rooms on its east side. 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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Stabiae, Villa Arianna, 1976. Large exedra A, looking out onto the terrace/loggia. 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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Stabiae, Villa Arianna, 1968.
Looking east along front wall. 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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Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015.
Looking east along upper terrace from window of room 13, another garden overlooked by room A.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Looking south through window into room 13, a garden area.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, 1976.
Looking south from the loggia towards the great windowed exedra, with a sunken garden on its east side. 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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According to Wilhelmina, “the large summer triclinium got its light and air from the small rectangular sunken gardens on each side of it that appear to continue around the back of the room, but this area has not been excavated”.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas, (p.309)
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015.
Room 13, looking south along exterior wall of room A, with many windows overlooking the garden.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, 1976.
Looking south along east side of windowed exedra. 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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Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 13, looking south across garden area.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, 1968.
Looking south across sunken garden on east side of windowed exedra, 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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Stabiae, Villa Arianna. 1976.
Looking north across sunken garden on the east side of the large exedra. 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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Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 13, looking south along exterior wall of room 12, with window overlooking the garden.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, September 2015. Room 12, window looking onto the terrace, reflecting Vesuvius.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna, October 2020.
Room 12, window looking onto the terrace, in centre, doorway to room 11, centre left. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
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