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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style: Lintel with addorsed Sphinxes flanked by bulls in profile.1769

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Engraving of an elaborate Egyptian Revival fireplace design with two decorated bulls flanking the hearth, sphinx figures, hieroglyphic panels, and symmetrical warrior reliefs
Artist or Maker
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Title
Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style: Lintel with addorsed Sphinxes flanked by bulls in profile.
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
1769
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 21 3/4 in. (41.91 x 55.24 cm); plate: 15 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. (39.37 x 25.08 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds raised through the International Fine Art Print Dealers Fair
Accession Number
AC1999.142.2
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings