Fireplace with Caritas and year 1653, Fireplace made of cast iron, with a semicircular top. Central is the personification of Caritas, a seated woman with a child standing against her. To her left is a child with a branch with leaves raised in his hand, with a flying bird above it. On the right is a boy with a spherical object in his hands. The right side of the scene is closed with a tree. The whole is framed with a border, decorated with a pearl border and two festoons on the sides. The top of the frame has a lion's head and at the bottom of the frame is a banderole with the year 1653. The hob is marked between the figures. The top is crowned with the head of a putto with a dolphin on either side, Charity, 'Caritas', 'Carità' (Ripa), one of the Three Theological Virtues, anonymous, Germany, in or after 1653 - c. 1700, iron (metal), founding, h 120 cm × w 86 cm × w 101 kg
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