Different shells thought to inspire the forms of Etruscan vases, 1769.  Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
Title

Different shells thought to inspire the forms of Etruscan vases, 1769. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi.

Caption

Different shells thought to inspire the forms of Etruscan vases, 1769. From "Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi desunte dall'architettura Egizia, Etrusca, e Greca con un Ragionamento Apologetico in defesa dell'Architettura Egizia, e Toscana, opera del Cavaliere Giambattista Piranesi Architetto (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses taken from Egyptian, Etruscan, and Grecian architecture with an Apologia in defence of the Egyptian and Tuscan architecture, the work of Cavaliere Giambattista Piranesi)" by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, [Rome, 1769].

Date

1769

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Royal Academy of Arts

Reference

HRM25A05_297

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Droits gérés

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52,8Mo (2,8Mo) / 29,7cm x 44,5cm / 3513 x 5250 (300dpi)

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