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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Plate 15: Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style

Description

Maker

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), printmaker

Title

Plate 15: Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style
, from Diverse Maniere d'Adornare i Cammini... (Diverse ways of Ornamenting Chimneypieces...)

Year

1769

Medium

etching

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

etching

Materials

etching

Supports

Heavy weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 24.9 x 38.4 cm (9 13/16 x 15 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LL: "Cavalier Piranesi inv. e scolp."
Numbered LR: 15

Identification

Standard Reference Number

Wilton-Ely 1994, no. 832

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Elisha C. Durfee

Object Number

63.066.15

Type

Prints

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Tombstone

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), printmaker

Plate 15: Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style; , from Diverse Maniere d'Adornare i Cammini... (Diverse ways of Ornamenting Chimneypieces...), 1769

Etching

Plate: 24.9 x 38.4 cm (9 13/16 x 15 1/8 inches)

Gift of Elisha C. Durfee 63.066.15

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