Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 8

A Superb Neoclassical Statuary Marble Chimneypiece Carved in High Relief

$90,250.37
£65,000
€77,722.99
CA$123,916.65
A$138,889.37
CHF 72,710.48
MX$1,713,811.81
NOK 913,379.44
SEK 859,780.11
DKK 579,818.22
Shipping
Retrieving quote...
The 1stDibs Promise:
Authenticity Guarantee,
Money-Back Guarantee,
24-Hour Cancellation

About the Item

A Superb Late 18th to Early 19th Century Statuary Marble Chimneypiece Carved in High Relief A neoclassical fireplace produced in Italy most probably for the English Market, in the manner of Lorenzo Bartolini (1777–1850). The gracious and elegant composition is typical of Bartolini’s style, merging Greek and Roman decorative elements together with the inventiveness of the Florentine Qauattrocento. The frieze is centred by a tazza urn upheld by a pair of griffins, their tails turning into stylised scrolling acanthus. The opening is framed by very fine underscale egg & dart motif, and the jambs are carved with a variety of exotic antique foliage, ending with sunflowers on the cornerblocks. Lorenzo Bartolini left Florence when very young to travel to Paris and study art. In the French capital, he became a loyal supporter of Napoleon and when the emperor was exiled to Elba, the sculptor accompanied him. However, when Napoleon escaped in 1815, Bartolini returned to Florence opening a studio in Via della Scala and started to produce more commercial work: vases, tazze and chimneypieces. Bartolini was much admired and patronised by British tourists to Florence, including the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth, who ordered an even larger copy of the Medici Vase (1819) and a marble bath all’antica (1822). Dimensions Height 49¾in (126.5cm) width 68¾in (174.5cm) Internal height 40in (101.7cm) width 49½in (126cm) Footblock to footblock 68¾in (175cm) Shelf depth 15in (38cm)
  • Similar to:
    Lorenzo Bartolini (Maker)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 49.81 in (126.5 cm)Width: 68.71 in (174.5 cm)Depth: 14.97 in (38 cm)
  • Style:
    Neoclassical (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1800
  • Condition:
    Repaired: Restorations. Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: G4181stDibs: LU848140567252

More From This Seller

View All
An Exceptional Neoclassical Statuary Marble Chimneypiece with Roman Decoration
Located in London, GB
An early 19th Century English Regency Neoclassical statuary marble fireplace, carved in Italy to the highest quality with crisply and deeply carved undercutting to the sculptural dec...
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Marble, Statuary Marble

Extremely Refined Adam Period Chimneypiece Carved in White Statuary Marble
By Robert Adam
Located in London, GB
An elegant pie-crust shelf rests on the frieze, adorned with alternating floralpaterae and finger flutes. Finely carved scrolls with delicate foliage decorate the side console jambs,...
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century English Adam Style Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Statuary Marble

Late 18th Century Neoclassical Chimneypiece Statuary and Siena Marbles
Located in London, GB
The central tablet is carved a wreath of wheat intersected by diagonally crossed thyrsi, and intertwining ivy, flanked by a frieze veneered with exceptional Convent Siena marble. The...
Category

Antique Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Siena Marble, Statuary Marble

A Late Eighteenth Century Statuary Marble Chimneypiece after Robert Adam
By Robert Adam
Located in London, GB
An extremely fine late 18th century Statuary marble chimneypiece of strong architectural character and landscape proportion, after a design by the architect Robert Adam (1728 – 1792). The pilaster jambs are capped by Greek Ionic capitals, possibly quoting the recently discovered Temple of Ilissus in Athens, supporting a refined shelf with a charming cushion bed...
Category

Antique Late 18th Century British Adam Style Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Statuary Marble

A Refined 1780s Neoclassical Chimneypiece in Statuary Marble with Tinos Inlays
By Robert Adam
Located in London, GB
A Very Refined 1780S Neoclassical Chimneypiece In White Statuary Marble With Tinos Inlays Of The Highest Quality. An exquisite late 18th century chimneypiece of Robert Adam’s design....
Category

Antique Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Statuary Marble

A Beautifully Executed Neoclassical Chimneypiece in Statuary & Siena Marbles
Located in London, GB
A Late 18th Century Beautifully Executed Neoclassical Chimneypiece in Statuary and Convent Siena Marbles. The central tablet depicts an exceptionally well carved putto driving a cha...
Category

Antique Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Marble, Siena Marble, Statuary Marble

You May Also Like

Exceptional Early Neo-Classical Statuary Marble Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
AN EXCEPTIONAL EARLY NEO-CLASSICAL STATUARY MARBLE CHIMNEYPIECE, CIRCA 1760. With moulded breakfront shelf, the tablet carved with a recumbent lion, on simple scrolled jambs. Close...
Category

Antique 18th Century Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Statuary Marble

A Rare 19th Century English Regency Statuary Marble Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
A rare 19th century English Regency statuary marble mantelpiece. The finely carved caryatids to jambs surmounted by rosette paterae, the frieze with delicately carved masks and folia...
Category

Antique 19th Century English Regency Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Statuary Marble

Neoclassical Statuary Marble Mantelpiece
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Neoclassical Statuary Marble Mantelpiece A beautiful, detailed and finely carved statuary white marble fireplace mantel in Neoclassical style. The superb molded shelf with perfect egg and dart edge decor sits over a finely carved frieze which is delicately carved with a stylized hanging foliate design. This is centered by a tablet depicting a trio of scenes with putto in various roles; affection, peace and jealousness. The endblocks show a sprawling bloom above a tapered block decorated with the feathered ends of arrow. The jambs echo the finely detailed frieze with floral motifs and wrapping leaves at the bottom. The inner moulded opening is superbly carved lambs...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Neoclassical Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Stone, Marble, Statuary Marble

Regency Style Statuary Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A late Regency style statuary white marble fireplace. The panelled jambs surmounted by square panelled end blockings. The frieze with centre plaque featuring cross-banded foliage, fl...
Category

Early 20th Century English Regency Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Statuary Marble

19th Century Statuary Marble Antique Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A fine quality antique Italian fireplace carved in Statuary marble. The running frieze delicately carved with sunflowers and foliage with female mask to centre. The full round taperi...
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Italian Regency Architectural Elements

Materials

Statuary Marble

Very Fine Statuary White Marble Fireplace in the Italian Renaissance Manner
Located in London, GB
A very fine statuary white marble fireplace in the Italian Renaissance manner. The carved jambs featuring classical amphorae surmounted by fruit, acorns, ribbons and foliage topped w...
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Renaissance Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Marble