Title: Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style, from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini (...) (Different Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses)
Object type: Print Ornament & Architecture
Date: ca. 1769
Portfolio: Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi desunte all'architettura Egizia, Etrusca, e Greca con un Ragionamento apologetico in defesa dell'Architettura Egizia, e Toscana, opera del Cavaliere Giambattista Piranesi Architetto
Artist:  Giovanni Battista Piranesi 
Artist bio: Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Etching
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)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1973
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Fireplaces, term: Sphinx