Design for a Chimney Piece, No. 53, between 1769 and 1810, printed before 1810

  • Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720-1778

Etching printed in black ink on off-white laid paper

  • Plate: 9 13/16 × 15 3/8 inches (24.9 × 39.1 cm) Sheet: 15 7/8 × 22 1/8 inches (40.3 × 56.2 cm)

Gift of Arthur Schwartz

2007.196

2008-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Design for a Chimney Piece, No. 53, between 1769 and 1810, printed before 1810, etching printed in black ink on off-white laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Arthur Schwartz, 2007.196.