The Farnese Table
Object type: Table
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: Italian, Rome
Artist: Jacopo [Giacomo] Barozzi da Vignola|Guglielmo della Porta|Giovanni Mynardo (Jean Ménard)
Artist bio: Italian, Vignola 1507–1573 Rome|Italian, Porlezza, near Lake Lugano ca. 1500–1577 Rome|French, active Italy, 1525–1582
Artist role: Designer|Maker|Maker
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian|French
Date: ca. 1565–73
Medium: Marble of different colors, semiprecious stones, Egyptian alabaster, residue of paint of different colors on the piers
Dimensions: Overall: 37 1/2 in. × 12 ft. 5 1/4 in. × 66 1/4 in. (95.3 × 379.1 × 168.3 cm)
South base/support confirmed: 1306 lb. (592.4 kg)
Center base/support, confirmed: 1266 lb. (574.3 kg)
North base/support, confirmed: 1321 lb. (599.2 kg)
Classification: Sculpture-Architectural
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1958
Accession year: 1958
Tags: Grotesques|Sphinx|Coat of Arms