Bound Print, Altro spaccato per longo della stessa bottega, ove si vedonofra le aperture del vestibolo le immense piramide, from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini, 1769, Giovanni Battista Piranesi

A compartmentalized scene with several egyptian figures and caryatids. Upper register depicts a cow in profile, along with birds, a crocodile, a cat, and a hawk. The central register depicts three areas, two of which show figures before a landscape with pyramids and other structures. At the center, two figures hold stelae inscribed with hieroglyphs, with another stela in the center. The lower register contains smaller depictions of figures, some winged, sphinxes, snakes, and other egyptian characters. Date: 1769. Medium: etching on paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Bound Print, Altro spaccato per longo della stessa bottega, ove si vedonofra le aperture del vestibolo le immense piramide, from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini, 1769 (CH 18459847)