Image
Description
Maker
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1720-1778, Italian, printmaker
Title
Plate 53: Chimneypiece
Year
1769
Medium
Etching
Materials/Techniques
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Materials
Supports
Dimensions
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Plate: 24.9 x 38.7 cm (9 13/16 x 15 1/4 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Lettered LL: "Cavaliere Piranesi inv. e inc."
Numbered LR: 53
Watermark: A double circle, a roundrel above. Type
Credit
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Gift of Elisha C. Durfee
Object Number
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63.066.53
About
On the lintel is the head of Medusa, the heads of satyrs on either side. Draped figures stand above bucrania on the jambs. From a series of 67 plates.
Lettered LL: "Cavaliere Piranesi inv. e inc."
Numbered LR: 53
Watermark: A double circle, a roundrel above.
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