Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style: Giant figures supporting the lintel, flanked by chairs, from "Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini..." (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces...)

Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style: Giant figures supporting the lintel, flanked by chairs, from "Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini..." (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces...) by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Plate: 9 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (25 x 38.5 cm) printed horizontally Sheet: 21 7/16 x 15 3/16 in. (54.5 x 38.5 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library

Accession Number

41.71.1.20(20)

Tags

Fireplaces

About the Artist

Giovanni Battista Piranesi · 17201778

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) was an Italian printmaker, architect, and antiquarian whose visionary etchings of Rome and imaginary prisons revolutionized architectural representation and profoundly influenced both Neoclassicism and Romanticism. Piranesi stands as one of the most important printmakers of the eighteenth century, fundamentally shaping European perceptions of ancient Rome an...

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