File:Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style MET DP828172.jpg

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Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style: Mummy superimposed on a large caryatid above the lintel, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, print (MET, 1973.509.4)

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Artist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi  (1720–1778)  wikidata:Q316307 s:it:Autore:Giovanni Battista Piranesi q:it:Giovanni Battista Piranesi
 
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Description Italian printmaker, architect and engraver
Date of birth/death 4 October 1720 Edit this at Wikidata 9 November 1778 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Mogliano Veneto, Republic of Venice Rome, Papal States
Work period 1740 Edit this at Wikidata–1778 Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q316307
Title
Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style: Mummy superimposed on a large caryatid above the lintel (Ch. à l égyptiennne surmontée d une grande cariatide contre laquelle s applique une momie), from Diverse Maniere d adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi...(Different Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses)
Object type print
object_type QS:P31,Q11060274
Date 1769
date QS:P571,+1769-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium etching print
Dimensions

Sheet: 21 9/16 x 15 3/8 in. (54.8 x 39 cm)

Plate: 15 3/8 x 9 15/16 in. (39 x 25.2 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Drawings and Prints
Accession number
1973.509.4
Credit line The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1973
Source/Photographer

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/365617

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