Design for a Chimney Piece, No. 49

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

Provenance

2008-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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.

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