Room M of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79, functioned as a bedroom.
The rear wall shows rocky terrain with balustrades and an arbor above, a small cave or grotto sheltering a fountain, and a small figure of Hekate below. In the center of the wall, between two columns, a parapet embellished with a yellow monochrome landscape supports a glass bowl filled with fruit.
The side walls of the room are symmetrical. Each wall is subdivided into four sections by a pilaster that defines the area of the couch and by two ornate columns. The paintings depict enclosed courtyards in which we glimpse the tops of statuary, rotundas, and pylons as well as vegetation. These precincts alternate with townscapes combining colonnaded buildings and projecting terraces.
#1250: Cubiculum (bedroom) from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
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#1251: Cubiculum (bedroom) from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
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#116: The Director's Tour, First Floor: Cubiculum (bedroom) from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
Excavated at the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor, Boscoreale, about a mile from Pompeii (Cavenaghi 1901, p. 5; Barnabei 1901, pp. 71-81).
1899-1900, frescoes excavated in Pompeii by Vincenzo de Prisco (Cavenaghi 1901, p. 5); [until 1903, with Cesare and Ercole Canessa]; acquired in 1903, purchased from C. and E. Canessa, Paris.
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#1250: Cubiculum (bedroom) from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
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