Chimney Piece
ca. 1500-1550 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The chimney piece was said to have been removed from a palace or villa in the neighbourhood of Brescia shortly before it was acquired in 1861. Fireplaces were often decorated with supporting figures on the jambs, like the male and female terms shown here. The sides are decorated with reliefs of (left) a male figure on stilts and (right) Philoctetes, who according to Greek mythology injured himself with one of Hercules' arrows on the way to Troy, and was abandoned on the island of Lemnos because of the strong smell of his wound. The relevance of these imagers is unclear.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 12 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Materials and techniques | Stone |
| Brief description | Chimney Piece, stone, from a Villa near Brescia, Italy, ca. 1500-1550 |
| Physical description | This chimney piece is supproted on two jambs, carved with armless male (left) and female (right) figures in three-quarter length termionateing in foliated ornament with, in the centre of teh lintel, two embracing winged figures tied together by a folded clothy. |
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| Gallery label | The chimney piece was said to have been removed from a palace or villa in the neighbourhood of Brescia shortly before it was acquired in 1861. Fireplaces were often decorated with supporting figures on the jambs, like the male and female terms shown here. The sides are decorated with reliefs of (left) a male figure on stilts and (right) Philoctetes, who according to Greek mythology injured himself with one of Hercules' arrows on the way to Troy, and was abandoned on the island of Lemnos because of the strong smell of his wound. The relevance of these imagers is unclear. |
| Object history | Purchased in Italy, £50. |
| Historical context | The chimney piece was said to have been removed from a palace or villa in the neighbourhood of Brescia shortly before it was acquired in 1861. Fireplaces were often decorated with supporting figures on the jambs, like the male and female terms shown here. The sides are decorated with reliefs of (left) a male figure on stilts and (right) Philoctetes, who according to Greek mythology injured himself with one of Hercules' arrows on the way to Troy, and was abandoned on the island of Lemnos because of the strong smell of his wound. The relevance of these imagers is unclear. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | The chimney piece was said to have been removed from a palace or villa in the neighbourhood of Brescia shortly before it was acquired in 1861. Fireplaces were often decorated with supporting figures on the jambs, like the male and female terms shown here. The sides are decorated with reliefs of (left) a male figure on stilts and (right) Philoctetes, who according to Greek mythology injured himself with one of Hercules' arrows on the way to Troy, and was abandoned on the island of Lemnos because of the strong smell of his wound. The relevance of these imagers is unclear. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 7721:1-1861 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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