The Palace and Park by Phillips, Forbes, Latham, Owen, Scharf, and Shenton

17. CUBICULUM. A black chamber, corresponding to the one we first

entered. This room has been copied, both in style and decoration, from the _stanza nera_ of the House of the Bronzes. Opposite the window is a pleasing group of Cupid and Psyche, her drapery is purple and blue, and the wings purple. The picture opposite door represents three Cupids and Psyche surrounding a peacock. In this bird we recognise the favourite of Juno, and the Cupids appear to be feeding it, but the meaning of the subject is very vague. It has been engraved in the Mus. Bor., vol. xi., tav. 15. Thus we have completed the circuit of the atrium and its smaller chambers; we propose to pass into the less public parts of the house by the left hand fauces, No. 7. PERISTYLE.