Torre di Nerone, Rome, Cast of a scrolling acanthus frieze, late 18th century/early 19th century.
Plaster cast. 52 cm x 128.5 cm, Weight: 42 kg. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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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