Design for Chimney Piece, Plate 44, 1769

  • Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720-1778

Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 9 3/4 × 15 1/2 inches (24.8 × 39.4 cm) Sheet: 15 7/8 × 22 inches (40.3 × 55.9 cm)

Gift of Barbara Feld in memory of Dr. David Feld

1992.88

Inscribed in plate, lower left: Cavalier Piranesi inv. e inc. Lower right: 44 In pencil, lower left, verso: F. Piranesi Original Engraving 250040x1

1992-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Design for Chimney Piece, Plate 44, 1769, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Barbara Feld in memory of Dr. David Feld, 1992.88.