He restored the Roman marble now called the Diana of Versailles in 1602.
Inside, a few Roman marbles are worth seeing, particularly the Discobolus (that typical depiction of an athlete throwing a disk).
One sculpture of Clytie is a Roman marble in the collection of Charles Townley.
As reconstructed, the completed statues are pastiches of two Roman marbles, one for the head and the other for the body.
Embedded in these walls are ancient chunks of Roman marble, inscribed with Latin.
On the outer, country, side of the gate the stonework is a pleasant mix of pale Roman marble and brown Lombard stones.
There is another version of this much-restored Roman marble in the Palazzo Pitti.
It is a 1st - 2nd century AD Roman marble copy of an original by Praxiteles.
Our bathroom is paved with cobblestones, has a mirrored ceiling and a Roman marble bath (most welcome after 10 miles on foot).
In the surviving Roman marble copies, a marble tree stump is added to support the weight of the marble.
