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Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style: Pairs of figures standing on their hands to either side, from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini... (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces...)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome)

Date:: 1769
Medium:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 7/16 x 15 3/16 in. (54.5 x 38.5 cm) Plate: 9 13/16 x 15 3/8 in. (25 x 39 cm) printed horizontally
Classification:: Prints
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Accession Number:: 41.71.1.20(17)

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