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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style: Two mummies in profile on the left and two figures brearing obelisks on the right (Ch. à l'ègyptienne), from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi...(Different Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses)

ca. 1769
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40 × 54.5 cm (15.7 × 21.5 in)

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