2008-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Design for a Chimney Piece, No. 49, between 1769 and 1810, printed before 1810
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720-1778
Etching printed in black ink on off-white laid paper
- Framed: Plate: 9 7/8 × 15 1/2 inches (25.1 × 39.4 cm) Sheet: 15 7/8 × 22 1/4 inches (40.3 × 56.5 cm)
Gift of Arthur Schwartz
2007.194
Department
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
- Motifs
- Mascarons
- Classical revival
- Architecture
- Design (discipline)
- Etching (printing process)
- Ink
- Laid paper
- Figures (representations)
- Chimney (architectural element)
- Etching
- Mantel
- Urn
- Plaque
- Italy
- Snakes
Details
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Rights Status
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Design for a Chimney Piece, No. 49, between 1769 and 1810, printed before 1810, etching printed in black ink on off-white laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Arthur Schwartz, 2007.194.