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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Plate 26: Two chimneypieces

Maker

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

Title

, from Diverse Maniere d'Adornare i Cammini... (Diverse ways of Ornamenting Chimneypieces...)

Year

1769

Medium

  • etching

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • etching

Materials

etching

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 43.7 x 27.8 cm (17 3/16 x 10 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LL: "Cavalier Piranesi inv. e inc."
Numbered LR: 26

Identification

Standard Reference Number

Wilton-Ely 1994, no, 848

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Elisha C. Durfee

Object Number

63.066.26

Type

  • Prints

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), printmaker
, from Diverse Maniere d'Adornare i Cammini... (Diverse ways of Ornamenting Chimneypieces...), 1769
etching
Plate: 43.7 x 27.8 cm (17 3/16 x 10 15/16 inches)
Gift of Elisha C. Durfee 63.066.26

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