Chimneypiece
This chimneypiece was designed and made by the renowned Italian architect Piranesi, who incorporated in it fragments of ancient Roman sculpture. Piranesi here applied his archaeological interest in Classical antiquity to an innovative design in a Neoclassical style. The Amsterdam banker John Hope bought the chimneypiece from Piranesi in Rome.
1761 - 1769
Marble (rock)
133.0 x 193.0cm
BK-15449
Image and text courtesy of Rijksmuseum, 2019
Ble byddwch chi'n dod o hyd i hwn
Rijksmuseum
Casgliad barhaol