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Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian
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Title: Egyptian decoration of the Caffè degli Inglesi: Addorsed sphinxes at the center of the cornice, 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: 9 7/16 x 11 in. (24 x 28 cm) printed horizontally
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Accession Number: 41.71.1.20(54)
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