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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 1950.41.58
Credit Line:Purchased
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
1950_41_58.jpg

Description:
Objects; Architecture; Fireplace
Highly decorative with Classical motifs, such as a female woman in center of mantel, and edges decorated with shell and floral motifs. Frieze of babies (with identifiers of Olympian gods) riding various mythical creatures

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