Third Style Paintings in the House of M Lucretius Fronto Pompeii

Region V, Insula IV, no. 11 at Pompeii is the House of Marcus Lucretius Fronto. Totally missed by 99% of visitors it lies up a side road off he main road that leads to the Porta di Nola, and isn't even mentioned in the current edition of the guidebook. But for experts it is well-known because of its major series of Third Style (Claudian) paintings in and around the atrium. It isn't open to the public but I was filming it through the iron gate when a custodian came up and let us in - this is quite common in Pompeii and all you need to do is slip him 5€ or 10€. Of course you could try and get a permit, but that is the most ludicrously complex procedure and doesn't guarantee you'll get in when you arranged to anyway. So here it is, courtesy of my Flip Video camera, visted on 27 October 2011 which at a rough guess was my 20th visit to Pompeii and the fourth this year alone - for all that, this was the first time I ever got into this house. The garden also has a series of paintings depicting a hunt and if I have time I'll upload that too.

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[daveffs]

It wont let me post the link, but pompeii in pictures .com says it is

"festival procession of Bacchus and Ariadne riding on a chariot drawn by two oxen"

[daveffs]

yes you are correct, it is of a festival involving Bacchus

[jimmyhwhiley10]

Could you please tell me what the painting is of at 1.10? Would I be right in thinking it is some sort of Bacchic festival?