From: Torre di Nerone, Rome
RA Collection: Art
On free display in The Dorfman Architecture Court
The cast is of a frieze block which has been used as spolia or repuposed building stone in a medieval tower known as the Torre di Nerone, on via Quattro Novembre in Rome. This tower overlooks the Forum of Trajan.
The Royal Academy has another cast of a single plant from this frieze, 11/987, and probably both casts were acquired from the collection of Thomas Lawrence in 1830.
52 cm x 128.5 cm, Weight: 42 kg