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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Plate 12: Two chimneypieces,

Description

Maker

  • Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Title

Plate 12: Two chimneypieces

Medium

etching

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • etching

Techniques

  • etching

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 41.9 x 28.3 cm (16 1/2 x 11 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LL: Cavalier Piranesi inv. e scolp.
Numbered LR: 12

Identification

Standard Reference Number

Wilton-Ely 1994, no. 830

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Elisha C. Durfee

Object Number

63.066.12

About

Plate 12: Two chimneypieces
, from Diverse Maniere d'Adornare i Cammini... (Diverse ways of Ornamenting Chimneypieces...)

Lettered LL: Cavalier Piranesi inv. e scolp.
Numbered LR: 12

Wilton-Ely 1994, no. 830

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Plate 12: Two chimneypieces with the accession number of 63.066.12. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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