Chimneypiece, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761 - 1769
sculpting, h 133cm × w 193cm × w c.524kg More details
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.