HMDBOOK OF THE ANTIQUITIES V^ IN THE NAPLES MUSEUM ACCORDING TO THE NEW ARRANGEMENT WITH THREE PLANS AND HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE BUILDING AND AN APPENDIX RELATIVE TO POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM. ^ The original work by DOMENICO M.ONACO CURATOR OF THE ANTIQUITT MUSEUMS Auttor of the illustrated book entitled " Spocimens from the T^aples Museum " ENGLISH editor: E. NEVILLE-ROLFE ESQ. B.A. H. B. M. C O N S U L GENERAL Author of '"'' 'Pompeii Popular and Practical "" and other v)orl 13th EDITION. NAPLES r?,0^ ai ^ Santa Maria Lanzati a Foria, 84 \ 1907. {All rights of Reproductio*t and Translation reserved). J. cnwR/izzi ET nL5 Large JKxWsWcFouqdry STUDIO OF SCULPTURE B. ALBEBGO DEI POVEBI EXHIBITION OF FINE ARTS Classical Jewelry. GALLERIA PRINCIPE DI NAPOLI Branch establishments: Piazza dei Martiri. Chiatamone Via (oppositeCook's Offiice) /VlodernArt GallerxJ {t'heonly one at Naples) PERMANENT EXHIBITION Galleria Principe di Napoli fFirstfloor" lift) NAPLES HANDBOOK OF THE ANTIQUITIES IN THE NAPLES IVIUSEUM HANDBOOK OF THE ANTIQOITIES IN THE NAPLES MUSEUM ACCORDING TO THE NEW ARRANGEMENT WITH THKEE PLANS AND HISTOEICAL SKETCH OF THE BUILDING AND AN APPENDIX EELATIVE TO POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM. il- /) If^ C^ ^^ The original work by DOMENICO M.ONACO CURATOR OF THE ANTIQUITY MUSEUMS A'.iitor of the illustrated book entitled " S-pacimensfrom the USCciples3\duseum " ENGLISH editor: E. NEVILLE-ROLFE ESQ. B.A. H. B. M. CONSUL GENERAL "" Author of '"'^ 'Pompeii Popular and Practical and other works ^^Jl'iSm E'DZ^JON. NAPLES Santa Maria ai Lanzati a Foria, 24 1907. (AW rights of Reproduction and Translation reserved). -"" .1^. stab. Tip. Lanciano Veraldi e OPINIONS OF THE PRESS THE ATHENMUM, Aug. 25, 1883. I at this of the when " BEG however, season year, people are beginning to spread over the Continent to recommend A Handbook best " Complete " (and the handbook we have ever had) " of the National Museum of Naples "The original work is by the Curator of the Museum; but an English edition, which has rapidly run through three edi-tions, has been prepared by Mr. E. Neville-Eolfe. B. A. Mr. Kolfe He With it has been purely a labour of love. the of in in order spent whole last summer Naples to com-plete it, and the additions and explanations he has given are so clear and useful that with this book in his hand, the reader wander the Museum English may over alone, without the of the necessity consulting anyone on spot. " H. W. This the " new Guide is the best ever piiblished on American fiubject. " " Begister. Mr. Rolfe's excellent handbook Daily Telegraph- " " " CONTENTS PREFACE Having been mucb. encouraged by tbe success that bas attended tbe several editions of tbe Handbook, I bave decided, on account especially of tbe re-arrangement of tbe Museum, to bring wbicb sbould out a new edition, give more ample assistance to tbe student witbout being too scientific for tbe use of tbe tourist. In tbis work I bave been cordially assisted by E. Neville Eolfe, Esq. M. V. 0. H. B. M. Consul-General in Naples, wbo, for tbe benefit of bis fellow-coun-trymen, assisted and bas kindly me, wbose va-ried and reading indefatigable perseverance tbe bave added very materially to value of tbe Handbook. My own long services as Curator of tbe Mu-seum bave enabled me to secure a degree of tbe accuracy wbicb may, Ibope, claim sympatby of tbe public. DoMENico Monaco March 1907, Naples. REGULATIONS the The Mnsenm is open to public. WINTER SEASON. from November From 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. ou week-days, 1st to April 30th. SUMMER SEASON from 1st to October 31th. From 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. May Entrance, 1 franc; children half-price. from 9 to 1. Free on Snnda3^s THE FOLLOWING THE MUSEUM IS CLOSED ON DAYS:" New Years' J)ay. January 1st," The January 6th," Epiphany. January 8th," The Queen's birthday. Easter Movable feasts " Da}^ Ascension " " Day. " The Festival of Corpus-Christi. " " " statute holidav), 'J.'he first Sunday in June (National Peter and Paul!^ June 29," Feast of SS. The August 15th," Assumption. The of the Virgin. September 8th," Nativity of Feast of St. Januarius, Patron September 19th," Naples. TJie of the Italian troops September 20th," entry into Rome. November 1st," All Saints'Day. The Birthday. November 11th, " King's November 20th," The Queen Dowager's Birthday. The Immaculate Conception. December 8th," December 25th," Christma^-Dav. HISTORICAL SKETCH. The building which is now known as the Naples Museum was erected to order of the Yicer-oy Duke D'Ossuni by Oavaliere Fontana. It was originally intended for a stable and was begun in 1586. , The water supply proving insufficient, the buil-ding was left unfinished until 1610. The Viceroy Pietro de Castro, Count of Lemos then assigned it to the University, adapted it to this and it the purpose, formally inaugurated on 14th of June 1616 after which time it was , , known as the Regi Studii. After the earthquake of 1688, it was used by the Law Courts and during the revolution of , 1701 it was turned into a barrack. In 1767 it was again used for educational purposes. In 1790 Ferdinand IV, desiring to transform it into an Archaelogical Museum commissioned , the architects Fuga and Schiantarelli to build the upper story and the principal staircase, a work which was completed by Maresca and JBonucci. It was then he transported to it all the speci-mens the from now in upper story, and others the excavations at Pompeii, Herculaneum, and StabisB, as well as antiquities from the Museum ^t Capodimonte which had been collected in , VIII HISTORICAL SKETCH the main by the Farnese Pope Paul III and , inherited by Elizabeth, second wife of Philip Y of Spain, the last representative of the Farnese Family, and mother of Charles III de Bourbon. The Bourbons of Naples enriched this magnifi- cent store of antiquities by purchases and the , addition of such collections as those of Noja, Albani_, Vivenzio, Arditi Poll "c. They also , , declared the Museum to be their private property, of the and independently Crown, gave it the name of the Real Miiseo Boi^honico. General Garibaldi when Dictator in 1860 , proclaimed the Museum and the territory devoted to excavation to be the property of the Nation, and increased the annual subvention in order that the works at Pompeii might be more actively prosecuted. Lastly, Victor Emmanuel II reorganised the National Museum, and included in it the Cumgean Collection of the Count of Syracuse presented by of Prince Carignano Savoy, the Palatina engra-vings, the tapestries bequeated by the Marquis del Yasto, together with the medals and dies of the Neapolitan Royal Mint. The Museum contains more than one hundred and twenty thousand specimens, from an inspec-tion the casual visitor derive of which most may a clear idea of the manners and customs of the ancients, as well as of the high civilisation and luxury to which they had attained. INDEX The building consists oi Ground-floor with Basement, Entresol, the first Story, and the Second Floor. The Great Hall " Vestibule 1. The centre Hall page 4 .... 2. Left aisle of the Vestibule " " . ' 3. Eight aisle of the Vestibule " 7 . Wimg Ground -Floor. " East First Portico. 4. Marble sculptures (Archaic Period) " 9 Inner Halls 5. Marbles sculptures (continued) " 11 . 6. Mosaics ....... 13 Second Portico. 7. Hall of "lor A (Period of Praxiteles). " 19 Great Hall 8. Hall of Venus Victrix and of Psyche " 21 9. Hall of the Farnese Bull ..." 22 10. Hall of the Farnese Hercules " 23 . 11. Hall of the Venus Callipygus " 26 . Third Portico. 12. Hall of Diana of Ephesus " 27 . Inner Halls 13.Marble bas-reliefs and decorative fragments " 29 Basement 14. Egyptian collection " 33 .... 15. Mummies ....... 35^ 16. Terre-cotte from Metaj)onto " 36 . Grronnd Floor " West Wing First Portico. 17. Marble sculptures" Greek and Eoman icho- nography " Busts of Orators Second Portico. 18. Emperors and Orators. Inner Halls 19. Busts of "elebrated Warriors . 20. Hall of the Mosaic great . 21. Hall of Apollo and of Isis 22.Tlie Large Bronzes " The Fompeian Bronses The Herculaneum bronzes Third Portico. 23. Herculaneum bronzes " 59 {continued) . Entresol " East Wing 24. Ancient frescoes " 61 25. Reserved cabinet (Oggetti " 74 osceni) . Entresol " West Wing The Direction of the Museum " . First Floor " East 26. Fuller's pillar and Pompeian colours. " 78 27. Articles of food from " 80 Pompeii . 28. Small Bronzes " 82 [Utensilidomestici) . Second Floor articles and terra-cotta 29. Ivory vitrified. ,, 102 30. Pompeian Glass " 103 31. TazzaFarnese " Gold ornaments and silver ,i 105 32. Eoman and Grecian armour 112 . " 33. Collection ll3 Papyrus . " 34. Cameos and 115 intaglios . , 35. Coins and Medals 124 . " 36. Collection 125 Santangelo . " . 37. Italo-Greek Vases " " 126 . 38. The Cumsean Collection 136 . " 39. Appendix " Sketch of Pompeii and Hercu-laneum ....... 139 NOTICE On the floor is sale-room ground a wherexatalogues,. illustrated sold at fixed and albums, photographs, are moderate prices. The abbreviations following are occasionally adopted: " F. Barnese Collection. H. Herculaneum, P. Pompeii. marked with asterisk illustrated Specimens an (*) are in Mr. Monaco's work entitled large " Specimens from the Naples Museum^ 35 francs. See advertise-ment " price back of on cover. Other remarkable marked with, specially specimens are a dagger (f). 1-. j_i tn 2 2 " ^^ " S c . " O rj ^ ^ ?. ^"i tS M . 3 "s ^ o 5e M _" ^ " o ^ s = '^ 3 i3 J^ ^ S3 V b/iTd B'B i 1^^ ^ H feH CD ^ Or O S . ^ Ph =2 ^" I ^ M j^ . '^ -ti '^ g V H :^" N ";:: i 2- -^ S3 .^ "j cr ^ " fO o oo O "ii tn 5 S ^ w!' "s fe ^ 3 "^ ^ 6 -^ ^ -^ "! -^ "iM .VI "k" "-t-l o * .