Image
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, printmaker
Plate 39: Chimneypiece, 1769
Description
Maker
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1720-1778, Italian, printmaker
Title
Plate 39: Chimneypiece
Year
1769
Medium
Etching
Materials/Techniques
Materials
Supports
Dimensions
Plate: 19.7 x 32.4 cm (7 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
Lettered LL: "Cav. Piranesi inv. e inc."
Numbered LR: 39
Type
Credit
Gift of Elisha C. Durfee
Object Number
63.066.39
About
The She-Wolf of Rome nurses Romulus and Remus at the center of the lintel, a frieze of figures behind. Wolves in profile sit on the jambs. From a series of 67 plates.
Lettered LL: "Cav. Piranesi inv. e inc."
Numbered LR: 39
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