Search Results:

<< Viewing Record 255 of 495 >>
View : Light Box | List View | Image List | Detailed		 


Maker(s):Piranesi, Giovanni Battista
Culture:Italian (1720 - 1778)
Title:Untitled (Fireplace) [from Diverse maniere d'adornare... book]
Date Made:1769 1st edition published
Type:Print
Materials:etching printed in black on paper
Place Made:Italy; Rome
Measurements:sheet: 22 3/16 x 16 1/2 in.; 56.3563 x 41.91 cm
Accession Number:  SC 1950.41.49
Credit Line:Purchased
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
1950_41_49.jpg

Description:
Objects; Architecture; Fireplace
Large, spreading acanthus plant at center of mantel, flanked on either side by meandering geometric pattern with fronts of sphinx on either end of mantel. Pillars have serpentine and floral motifs with small half man/half flower figures at base.

Link to share this object record:
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=SC+1950.41.49

Research on objects in the collections, including provenance, is ongoing and may be incomplete. If you have additional information or would like to learn more about a particular object, please email fc-museums-web@fivecolleges.edu.

<< Viewing Record 255 of 495 >>