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Chimney piece

Chimney piece

  • Place of origin:

    Florence, Italy (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1580-1600 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Green and white marble, inlaid with coloured marbles

  • Museum number:

    208-1870

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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This is a chimney piece made in Florence, Italy, about 1580-1600. This chimney piece is inlaid with coloured marbles in arabesques of masks, satyrs, griffins, birds and animals, flowers and fruit, with shields of arms; in the upper part is represented an open temple, beneath which stands a globe.

The inscription in the centre of the mantel, with what purports to be the signature of the painter and mosaicist, Davide Ghirlandaio, and the date 1500, is a fictitious modern addition.

Physical description

Marble chimney piece inlaid with coloured marbles in arabesques of masks, satyrs, griffins, birds and animals, flowers and fruit, with shields of arms; in the upper part is represented an open temple, beneath which stands a globe.

Place of Origin

Florence, Italy (made)

Date

ca. 1580-1600 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Green and white marble, inlaid with coloured marbles

Dimensions

Height: 114 in, Width: 126.875 in

Descriptive line

Marble chimney piece, Florence, 1580-1600

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington, Acquired During the Year 1870, Arranged According to the Dates of Acquisition. London : Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O. p. 20.
Brauen, Fred. [Phil. Dissertation]Cosimo Fanzago and Seventeenth Century Neapolitan Marble Decoration. Columbia University, New York, 1973.

Materials

Marble

Techniques

Inlay (process)

Subjects depicted

Flowers; Birds; Fruit; Animals; Mask; Shield; Temple; Satyr; Globe; Arabesque; Griffin

Categories

Architectural fittings

Collection code

SCP

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