Bound Print, Spaccato della bottega ad uso di caffè detta degl'Inglesi situata in piazza di Spagna..., from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini, 1769, Giovanni Battista Piranesi

A compartmentalized scene with several figures. Above, two sphinxes flank central figures with hieroglyphs. Birds flying in the sky. Openings show view of egyptian landscape of pyramids and other structures, egyptian figures, and caryatids in profile. Many egyptian symbols cover the wall. Date: 1769. Medium: etching on paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Bound Print, Spaccato della bottega ad uso di caffè detta degl'Inglesi situata in piazza di Spagna - , from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini, 1769 (CH 18459849)

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

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