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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style: Two mummies in profile on the left and two figures bearing obelisks on the right.1769

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Engraving of an Egyptian Revival fireplace design with symmetrical hieroglyphic friezes, mummiform caryatids, lion-head bases, and a central panel of three standing Egyptian figures above an open firebox with flames

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style: Two mummies in profile on the left and two figures bearing obelisks on the right., 1769, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds raised through the International Fine Art Print Dealers Fair, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Title
Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style: Two mummies in profile on the left and two figures bearing obelisks on the right.
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
1769
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 16 1/8 x 21 3/4 in. (40.96 x 55.24 cm); plate: 15 3/8 x 9 7/8 in. (39.05 x 25.08 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds raised through the International Fine Art Print Dealers Fair
Accession Number
AC1999.142.1
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings