Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Design for a chimney piece with moulding depicting a Venus figure reclining in shell and bird and foliage decoration

Design for a chimney piece with moulding depicting a Venus figure reclining in shell and bird and foliage decoration, 1769

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 - 1778)

RA Collection: Art

Title
Design for a chimney piece with moulding depicting a Venus figure reclining in shell and bird and foliage decoration
Drawn by
Engraved by
Printed by
Generoso Salomoni (fl. 1744 - 1786?)
From
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Diverse Maniere D'Adornare I Cammini, Roma, 1769, pl. 6
Date
1769
Object type
Plate
Place of Publication
Rome
Medium
Etching
Dimensions

380 mm x 250 mm

Collection
Royal Academy of Arts
Object number
16/1617
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Diverse Maniere D'Adornare I Cammini Ed Ogni Altra Parte Degli Edifizi Desunte Dall'Architettura Egizia, Etrusca, E Greca Con Un Ragionamento Apologetico In Difesa Dell'Architettura Egizia, E Toscana Opera Del Cavaliere Giambattista Piranesi Architetto. Divers Manners of Ornamenting Chimneys And All Other Parts Of Houses Taken From The Egyptian, Tuscan, and Grecian Architecture With An Apologetical Essay In Defence Of The Egyptian And Tuscan Architecture By John Baptist Piranesi Knight And Architect. Differentes manieres D'Orner Les Cheminées Et Toute Autre Partie Des Edifices Tirées De L'Architecture Egyptienne, Etrusque, Et Greque Avec Un Discours Apologetique En Faveur De L'Architecture Egyptienne, Et Toscane Par Le Chevalier Jean Baptiste Piranesi Architect. - In Roma

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