Chimneypiece, from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini
date: label: Date
content: 1769
name: label: Artist
content: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The image depicts a chimneypiece with female figures and masks decorating the andirons. The jambs consist of Greek keys, masks, and other composite classical symbols. The mantel is decorated at the center with a medusa-like head, flanked by swans and then by satyrs. Above is a frieze of winged putti.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Gilbert
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1967-85-24-55
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper