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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 1950.41.55
Credit Line:Purchased
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
Objects; Architecture; Fireplace
Head of Medusa at center of mantel, flanked by warrior centaurs. Theatrical motifs, including masks, on pillars as well as on rectancampgular decorative piece in firebox. Various other iconographic decorations present, such as sphinxes at top of pillars, cupids/eros above mantel, and hippocampi on piece in firebox.

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