Grey marble column with floral decoration
XVII century. Marble.Room 032
This column of bigio marble and its pair were part of a magnificent group of eighty architectural elements made of ancient and modern coloured marbles that belonged to Queen Christina of Sweden. Philip V and Isabella Farnese acquired them in Rome in 1724 from Livio Odescalchi’s heir as decoration for the palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso.