Sujet

Design for a chimneypiece with Egyptian figures, acrobats, hieroglyphs and medals over the..., 1769. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi.

Légende

Design for a chimneypiece with Egyptian figures, acrobats, hieroglyphs and medals over the mantlepiece, 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

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Royal Academy of Arts

Notre référence

HRM25A05_292

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

57,1Mo (5,8Mo) / 46,6cm x 30,7cm / 5505 x 3625 (300dpi)

Mots clés

unusual Italy Italian interior arts country Egypt writing book fire Egyptian design decoration decorative ornate location century hieroglyph hieroglyphics inside symmetry interior design fireplace literature concept symmetrical decorated B&W MONOCHROME hieroglyphic interior decoration mantelpiece Indoors black & white black and white B W Ancient Egyptian 18th century Eighteenth Century etching chimneypiece Giovanni Battista Piranesi Piranesi Giovanni Battista Mizraim fireplace mantel Royal Academy of Arts