Bird in shell at the center of the lintel, with a frieze of trophies, surmounted by an overmantel with candelabra and flanked by chairs. (Ch. décorée d'une frise de casques et d'armures . . .)
Plate 20
Artwork Details
- Title: Bird in shell at the center of the lintel, with a frieze of trophies, surmounted by an overmantel with candelabra and flanked by chairs. (Ch. décorée d'une frise de casques et d'armures . . .)
- Series/Portfolio: Diverse maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni parte degli edifizi . . . (Different Ways to Decorate Chimneys and all other Parts of Buildings)
- Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome)
- Date: 1769 (?)
- Medium: Etching
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1973
- Object Number: 1973.509.3
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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