Stucco medallion - 'Roma'
Between the doors on the ground floor and set high is this draped stucco medallion of Roma after a design in Phillipe Maffei, Gemme Antiche Figurate, 1707.
Stucco medallion - 'Roma'
She sits on the ‘spoils of the vanquished foe’ and holds a figure of ‘Victory’ in one hand. At her feet, some sheep are separated from a goat, in quasi-religious manner and hanging as a pendant are three varieties of rose, the white, the red and damask rose, all imbued with profound symbolic meaning for Roman Catholics.
This object is located in the Rear Hall
It is categorised as Architectural feature
This page was last updated on 17 April 2007