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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, printmaker

Plate 48: Chimneypiece, 1769

Description

Maker

  • Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1720-1778, Italian, designer

Title

Plate 48: Chimneypiece

Year

1769

Medium

Etching

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • etching

Supports

  • Heavy weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 25.1 x 38.9 cm (9 7/8 x 15 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LL: "Cavalier Piranesi inv. ed inc."
Lettered LR: 48

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Elisha C. Durfee

Object Number

63.066.48

About

The head of Medusa is found at the center of the lintel, flanked by centaurs, a string of winged figures above. From a series of 67 plates.

Lettered LL: "Cavalier Piranesi inv. ed inc."
Lettered LR: 48

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Projects & Publications

Publications

American Sublime

Landscape Painting in the United States 1820-1880

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Complete Etchings

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Plate 48: Chimneypiece with the accession number of 63.066.48. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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