Bound Print, Etruscan Chimneypiece, from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini, 1769, Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Chimney flanked by inverted stepped pyramids heavily decorated with mummies and sarcophagi. Above fireplace, image of pharaoh with two other figures. Surface covered with hieroglyphs and etruscan/egyptian figures and heads. Date: 1769. Medium: etching on paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Bound Print, Etruscan Chimneypiece, from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini, 1769 (CH 18459793)

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Author: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778)Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/

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