Image
Description
Maker
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1720-1778, Italian, printmaker
Title
Plate 15: Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style
Year
1769
Medium
Etching
Materials/Techniques
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Materials
Supports
Dimensions
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Plate: 24.9 x 38.4 cm (9 13/16 x 15 1/8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Lettered LL: "Cavalier Piranesi inv. e scolp."
Numbered LR: 15 Type
Credit
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Gift of Elisha C. Durfee
Object Number
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63.066.15
About
A chimneypiece with rhytons at the center of the lintel. From a series of 67 plates.
Lettered LL: "Cavalier Piranesi inv. e scolp."
Numbered LR: 15
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