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'; 'Carit? (Ripa); one of the Three Theological Virtues; anonymous; Germany; c. 1650 - c. 1700; iron (metal); founding; h 100 cm x w 70 cm x w 55 kg