Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style, from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini (...) (Different Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses), Giovanni Battista Piranesi, circa 1769

Print ornament & architecture. Date: circa 1769. Dimensions: Sheet: 15 3/4 x 21 9/16 in. (40 x 54.7 cm); ; Plate: 9 13/16 x 15 1/4 in. (25 x 38.7 cm). Medium: etching print. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style, from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini (...) (Different Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses) MET DP828170