File:Bound Print, Altro spaccato per longo della stessa bottega, ove si vedonofra le aperture del vestibolo le immense piramide, from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini, 1769 (CH 18459847).jpg

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi: English: Bound Print, Altro spaccato per longo della stessa bottega, ove si vedonofra le aperture del vestibolo le immense piramide, from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini, 1769   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi  (1720–1778)  wikidata:Q316307 s:it:Autore:Giovanni Battista Piranesi q:it:Giovanni Battista Piranesi
 
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Description Italian printmaker, architect and engraver
Date of birth/death 4 October 1720 Edit this at Wikidata 9 November 1778 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Mogliano Veneto, Republic of Venice Rome, Papal States
Work period 1740 Edit this at Wikidata–1778 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q316307
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English: Bound Print, Altro spaccato per longo della stessa bottega, ove si vedonofra le aperture del vestibolo le immense piramide, from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini, 1769
Description
English: A compartmentalized scene with several Egyptian figures and caryatids. Upper register depicts a cow in profile, along with birds, a crocodile, a cat, and a hawk. The central register depicts three areas, two of which show figures before a landscape with pyramids and other structures. At the center, two figures hold stelae inscribed with hieroglyphs, with another stela in the center. The lower register contains smaller depictions of figures, some winged, sphinxes, snakes, and other Egyptian characters.
Date 1769
date QS:P571,+1769-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium etching on paper
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
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Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1967-85-24-52
Credit line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Gilbert
Notes
  • Type: Bound print
  • Inscribed: Inscribed in plate, lower margin: Altro spaccato per longo della stessa bottega, ove si vedonofra le aperture del vestibolo le immense piramide, ed altri / edifizj sepolerali ne' deserti dell' Ogitto.; lower right: 45
  • Country: Italy
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