The central sculptural panel of the mantelpiece by Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi, in the Yellow Drawing Room at Gorhambury. The panel is sculpted in porphyry, a red stone, and depicts a satyr feeding a goat.

Date:: 29 Aug 1975

Location:: Gorhambury, St. Michael, Gorhambury, St. Albans, Hertfordshire

Reference:: BB75/05234

Type:: Photograph (Negative)

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Description

Gorhambury is a large country house built between 1777 and 1784. The house boasts another mantelpiece by Piranesi, located in the Library.

Archival History

Print accessioned into the collection of the NMR on the 18th September 1975.

Content

This is part of the Job: 11/02524A Gorhambury, Hertfordshire; within the Sub Series: RCH01/002/049 RCHME Architectural Requests: Hertfordshire; within the Series: RCH01/002 Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: Architectural Requests; within the Collection: RCH01 Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) Archive

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People & Organisations

Photographer: Rchme

Artist: Piranesi, Giovanni Battista

Keywords

Classicism, Fireplace, Mantelpiece, Sculpture