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Design for a Fireplace, Antinous Room, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy
From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
An ornate mantelpiece, decorated with sculpted reliefs of lion heads and scrolls, occupies the center of the design. A carved frame, supported by pilasters and ornamented with garlands, rosettes, and griffins terminates in a triangular pediment. The overmantel contains an antique bust of Antinous in profile lightly drawn in graphite. Flanking the mantelpiece are two men. On the right, a man who seems to be of humble origins, accompanied by a dog, crouches, holding wooden planks. On the left, a well-dressed man stands and watches, holding a walking stick.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDesign for a Fireplace, Antinous Room, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy. 1755–57. Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Museum purchase through gift of various donors. CC0.
