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Chimneypiece
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1769 · Etching
Dimensions 45 × 54 cm
Collection: Art Whisperer
Architrave decorated with a Greek key motif and a circular fireback with figures of the zodiac, from the portfolio Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi...(Different Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses)
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About this artwork
Chimneypiece (1769) by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, etching, from the Art Whisperer collection.
About Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Giovanni Battista Piranesi also known as simply Piranesi; 4 October 1720 – 9 November 1778) was an Italian artist famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons".
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