Mantel

Unknown

ca. 1825–30 · Marble · The American Wing

This Italian mantel has a long provenance in New York City. The mantel may have been originally ordered for a house in La Grange Terrace (built 1831–33) on Lafayette Street and was later moved to the Abram Hewitt house at 9 Lexington Avenue (built 1848). It was purchased from the Cooper Union in 1977, an organization chartered by Hewitt's father-in-law, Peter Cooper. The carved tablet at the center of the mantel shows the Greek hero (and Roman god) Hercules at rest. Beside him are his attributes, the lion skin and the club.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1825–30

Medium

Marble

Culture

Italian

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Purchase, 1977