Image
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, printmaker
Plate 13: Two Chimneypieces, 1769
Description
Maker
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1720-1778, Italian, printmaker
Title
Plate 13: Two Chimneypieces
Year
1769
Medium
Etching
Materials/Techniques
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Materials
Supports
Dimensions
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Plate: 41.4 x 27.9 cm (16 5/16 x 11 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Lettered LL: "Cav. Piranesi inv. e sc."
Numbered LR: 13. Type
Credit
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Gift of Elisha C. Durfee
Object Number
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63.066.13
About
A pair of chimneypieces. Designed for the patron Senator Rezzonico, the upper is adorned with vases and a Medusa head at the center of the lintel. An eagle, flanked by satyr heads, is found on the lintel of the lower. From a series of 67 plates.
Lettered LL: "Cav. Piranesi inv. e sc."
Numbered LR: 13.
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