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Designs for Two Chimney Pieces
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Designs for Two Chimney Pieces

Giovanni Battista Piranesi · 1769 · etching; paper

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

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Sheet with two representations of ornamental mantelpieces. Above: a mantelpiece with, among other things, caryatids, bucrania, and arabesques. Below: a mantelpiece with masks, candlesticks, and shields with snakes. Numbered at the lower right: 6.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printornamentprentbucranium ~ ornamentornaments ~ artcaryatids ~ architectureopen hearth, fire-placeornament ~ cartouche
Credit lineOntwerpen voor twee schoorsteenmantels. 1769. Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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