Fireplace with Caritas, 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 leaf vines and at the top a maskaron. The top is crowned with three buttons with a rising dolphin on either side, Charity, 'Caritas', 'Carità' (Ripa), one of the Three

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Fireplace with Caritas, 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 leaf vines and at the top a maskaron. The top is crowned with three buttons with a rising dolphin on either side, Charity, 'Caritas', 'Carità' (Ripa), one of the Three Theological Virtues, anonymous, Germany, c. 1650 - c. 1700, iron (metal), founding, h 100 cm × w 70 cm × w 55 kg

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