Vignette at head of "Apologia," p.I: Etruscan Capital [from Tarquinia, near Corneto], from "Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini..." (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces...)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian

1769

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Title: Vignette at head of "Apologia," p.I: Etruscan Capital [from Tarquinia, near Corneto], from "Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini..." (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces...)
Series/Portfolio: Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi desunte dall'architettura Egizia, Etrusca, e Greca con un Ragionamento Apologetico in defesa dell'Architettura Egizia, e Toscana, opera del Cavaliere Giambattista Piranesi Architetto
Artist: 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: 4 5/16 x 7 1/2 in. (11 x 19 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Object Number: 41.71.1.20(2)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi desunte dall'architettura Egizia, Etrusca, e Greca con un Ragionamento Apologetico in defesa dell'Architettura Egizia, e Toscana, opera del Cavaliere Giambattista Piranesi Architetto (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses taken from Egyptian, Etruscan, and Grecian architecture with an Apologia in defense of the Egyptian and Tuscan architecture, the work of Cavaliere Giambattista Piranesi), Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian, Etching — Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi desunte dall'architettura Egizia, Etrusca, e Greca con un Ragionamento Apologetico in defesa dell'Architettura Egizia, e Toscana, opera del Cavaliere Giambattista Piranesi Architetto (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses taken from Egyptian, Etruscan, and Grecian architecture with an Apologia in defense of the Egyptian and Tuscan architecture, the work of Cavaliere Giambattista Piranesi)
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