# Chimney breast

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ABBATE, Niccolò dell&#39;](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abbate-niccol-dell-ra1c68fe51355f7>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

The chimney breast was realized by the workshop of Niccolò dell&#39; Abbate. It features figures, putti, flowers, fruit, and symbols \(among them the sword symbolizing the constable&#39;s office\) in trompe-l&#39;oeil painting.

## Related artworks

- [Chimney breast](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abbate-niccol-dell-ra1c68fe51355f7/chimney-breast-r1b4e89de81ec0d>)
- [Death of Eurydice](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abbate-niccol-dell-ra1c68fe51355f7/death-of-eurydice-r044b7ea1acf7d2>)
- [Decoration \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abbate-niccol-dell-ra1c68fe51355f7/decoration-detail-r626c720f0d121e>)
- [Decoration](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abbate-niccol-dell-ra1c68fe51355f7/decoration-r617cd966820589>)
- [Man with Parrot](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abbate-niccol-dell-ra1c68fe51355f7/man-with-parrot-r2c17011686b44e>)
- [Meeting of Charles V and the Bey of Tunis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abbate-niccol-dell-ra1c68fe51355f7/meeting-of-charles-v-and-the-bey-of-tunis-rf9874e0b9963f9>)
- [Moses Rescued from the Nile](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abbate-niccol-dell-ra1c68fe51355f7/moses-rescued-from-the-nile-rba09d4484cd406>)
- [Orlando Furioso scenes \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abbate-niccol-dell-ra1c68fe51355f7/orlando-furioso-scenes-detail-r04890c381a2682>)
- [Orlando Furioso scenes \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abbate-niccol-dell-ra1c68fe51355f7/orlando-furioso-scenes-detail-ra15c623a718766>)
- [Portrait of a Gentleman with a Falcon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abbate-niccol-dell-ra1c68fe51355f7/portrait-of-a-gentleman-with-a-falcon-rc4840a00a03292>)
- [Stag Hunt](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abbate-niccol-dell-ra1c68fe51355f7/stag-hunt-r5678ad82554e18>)
- [The Continence of Scipio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abbate-niccol-dell-ra1c68fe51355f7/the-continence-of-scipio-r1a35de6b9da911>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)