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LIJTO H0RJ>
THE DECORATIVE SYSTEM OF THE WALLS
After the excavation of the Villa at Boscotrecase 11 the proprietor, Mr. Santini,
entered into negotiations with the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the sale of the
remains of the painted walls. The arrangements, interrupted by the War, were
concluded in 1920 with the release to New York by the Italian Government of
surviving portions of cubicula Nos. 15, 19, and 20 (see hg.); cubiculum No. 16,
together with three sections from No. 15, were retained for the Naples Museum.
Before they appeared in the market, the fragmentary remains of the walls had
been assembled into rectangular aggregations, and the trimmed-off portions dis-
carded. The position and spacing of these rectangular sections therefore becomes
in part a matter of conjecture, and an effort will be made to set forth in detail the
basis of the reconstructions (pls. 1-3. 10-12. 23. 24).
11 Fouilles executees par M. le Chev. Ernest Santini ä Boscotrecase, endroit nomme
„Rota“ (1905). Della Corte 459ff. C. Alexander, MetrMusSt. 1, 1929, 176ff.
LIJTO H0RJ>
THE DECORATIVE SYSTEM OF THE WALLS
After the excavation of the Villa at Boscotrecase 11 the proprietor, Mr. Santini,
entered into negotiations with the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the sale of the
remains of the painted walls. The arrangements, interrupted by the War, were
concluded in 1920 with the release to New York by the Italian Government of
surviving portions of cubicula Nos. 15, 19, and 20 (see hg.); cubiculum No. 16,
together with three sections from No. 15, were retained for the Naples Museum.
Before they appeared in the market, the fragmentary remains of the walls had
been assembled into rectangular aggregations, and the trimmed-off portions dis-
carded. The position and spacing of these rectangular sections therefore becomes
in part a matter of conjecture, and an effort will be made to set forth in detail the
basis of the reconstructions (pls. 1-3. 10-12. 23. 24).
11 Fouilles executees par M. le Chev. Ernest Santini ä Boscotrecase, endroit nomme
„Rota“ (1905). Della Corte 459ff. C. Alexander, MetrMusSt. 1, 1929, 176ff.