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Item #20509 [Plate of an neo-Classical fireplace, from "Diverse maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi" Giovanni Battista PIRANESI.

PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1788)

[Plate of an neo-Classical fireplace, from "Diverse maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi".

[31] [Rome: mid-1770s - 1790]. Etched plate, on laid paper, by Piranesi. In good condition with large margins. Sheet size: 14 7/8 x 20 7/8 inches.

A fine example of Priranesi's work on a more domestic scale. Fifty-six of the sixty-nine plates in Piranesi's Diverse maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi... are devoted to fire-place designs, with Piranesi drawing inspiration from Greek, Etruscan and Egyptian architecture.

Ficacci 655; Focillon 891; Wilton-Ely 843; Hind p. 86.

Item #20509

Price: $600.00

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