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Design for a Chimney Piece
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Design for a Chimney Piece

Giovanni Battista Piranesi · 1769 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

An ornamental mantelpiece with, among other things, Egyptian guards, satyrs, winged figures, snakes, and sphinxes. Numbered at the lower right: 49.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printornamentprentsnakesornaments ~ artopen hearth, fire-placesatyr(s) (in general)ornament ~ cartouche
Credit lineOntwerp voor een schoorsteenmantel. 1769. Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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