Title

House of the Vettii, Pompeii, Italy, 1927. Creator: Eugen Poppel.

Caption

House of the Vettii, Pompeii, Italy, 1927. The House of the Vettii is one of the most famous luxurious houses preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. It is named after its owners, two successful freedmen, Aulus Vettius Conviva, and Aulus Vettius Restitutus. From "Italien in Bildern", by Eugen Poppel [August Scherl, Berlin, 1927]

Date

1927

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C78_296

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

20,0Mb (1,4Mb) / 10,4in x 7,5in / 3120 x 2244 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior outdoors Europe city Italy Italian building buildings destruction house houses architecture country geography color volcano ruins archaeology ruin Pompeii Campania location disaster century archaeological catastrophe concept ruined archaeological site archeology twenties B&W Colour destroyed black & white black and white B W 1920s white and black 20th century Mount Vesuvius Vesuvius Ancient city The Print Collector 1st century geographical feature TGN outside photograph House of the Vettii 1st century AD Eugen Poppel Poppel Eugen Eugen Poppel Poppel Casa dei Vettii Eugen