tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728728589367879262.post3935908274547412832..comments2023-05-22T10:27:52.982+01:00Comments on Blogging Pompeii: Query: fresco of a blind man with dog?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728728589367879262.post-44341820785902108842010-05-30T07:51:27.356+01:002010-05-30T07:51:27.356+01:00Having looked at the book by Horne it looks as if ...Having looked at the book by Horne it looks as if he is describing the series of the Forum Frieze pictures. This would suggest the MANN 9059 picture from Julia Felix is the one you seek.<br /><br />Jackie and BobJackie and Bob at pompeiiinpictureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06350707719874971154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728728589367879262.post-63203435676913555812010-05-30T07:42:51.103+01:002010-05-30T07:42:51.103+01:00The picture of a traveller form the House of the D...The picture of a traveller form the House of the Dioscuri (MANN 9106) can be seen at <a rel="nofollow">http://pompeiiinpictures.com/pompeiiinpictures/R6/6 09 06 part 10.htm</a>. <br /><br />The other picture of a woman giving alms to a man with a dog (MANN 9059)from the House of Julia Felix can be seen at <br /><a rel="nofollow">http://pompeiiinpictures.com/pompeiiinpictures/R2/2 04 03.htm</a><br /><br />Jackie and BobJackie and Bob at pompeiiinpictureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06350707719874971154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728728589367879262.post-24086970158271609252010-05-23T18:14:27.347+01:002010-05-23T18:14:27.347+01:00A comment from Ia McIllwaine:
'I think the pa...A comment from Ia McIllwaine:<br /><br />'I think the painting referred to is in the House of the Dioscuri at <br />Pompeii. It is inv. 9106 and is illustrated on p. 311 of La pittura <br />pompeiana (2009) which gives several bibliographical references, e.g. Curtius (1929) p, 324, Catalogo MANN I,1, p, 136, etc. I can give you the full quote, if you don't have access to the catalogue.<br />Ia'Jo Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696550825182079324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728728589367879262.post-2192644548905088742010-05-22T13:36:17.694+01:002010-05-22T13:36:17.694+01:00A comment from Karen Liljenberg
'It could be ...A comment from Karen Liljenberg<br /><br />'It could be one of the faded forum life scenes shown in Mary Beard's <br />"Pompeii, the life of a Roman town", p. 74 illustration 26 - it shows a lady giving "a handout to a scruffy beggar (plus dog)." He also has a stick, so could be blind.'<br /><br />This is one of the forum scenes from the atrium of the Praedia of Julia Felix.Jo Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696550825182079324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728728589367879262.post-47265380835369050992010-05-22T11:21:44.727+01:002010-05-22T11:21:44.727+01:00Could it be this one, from the House of the Dioscu...Could it be this one, from the House of the Dioscuri? - http://www.utexas.edu/courses/romanciv/Romancivimages21/4thstyletraveler.jpg.<br />It is sometimes interpreted as a man buying a potion from a witch. It's now in the Naples Museum.Jo Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696550825182079324noreply@blogger.com