Chimneypiece: Affronted griffons on the lintel and candelabra on the jambs (Ch. accompagnée de son plan et décorée d'une frise de griffons), from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi...(Different Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses), Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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Fireplaces, Griffins, Fire

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The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1973
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CC0-1.0
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metmuseum.org collection api v1: isPublicDomain=true on object 365611 (read 2026-09-01)
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Chimneypiece: Affronted griffons on the lintel and candelabra on the jambs (Ch. accompagnée de son plan et décorée d'une frise de griffons), from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi...(Different Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses), Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Chimneypiece: Affronted griffons on the lintel and candelabra on the jambs (Ch. accompagnée de son plan et décorée d'une frise de griffons), from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi...(Different Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses) — Giovanni Battista Piranesica. 1769

Also by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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Veduta del Tempio di Giove Tonante, Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Veduta del Tempio di Giove TonanteGiovanni Battista Piranesi1740s–60sMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Round Tower, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons), Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Round Tower, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)Giovanni Battista Piranesica. 1749–50Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Pyramid of Gaius Cestius, from Views of Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Pyramid of Gaius Cestius, from Views of RomeGiovanni Battista Piranesi1750/59, published 1800–07The Art Institute of Chicago
The Skeletons, Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The SkeletonsGiovanni Battista Piranesi1750The Art Institute of Chicago
View of the Mausoleum of the Emperor Hadrian (now called Castel S. Angelo) from the rear, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views), Giovanni Battista Piranesi
View of the Mausoleum of the Emperor Hadrian (now called Castel S. Angelo) from the rear, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)Giovanni Battista Piranesica. 1756Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Giant Wheel, plate 9 from Imaginary Prisons, Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Giant Wheel, plate 9 from Imaginary PrisonsGiovanni Battista Piranesi1761The Art Institute of Chicago
The Pier with a Lamp, plate 15 from Imaginary Prisons, Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Pier with a Lamp, plate 15 from Imaginary PrisonsGiovanni Battista Piranesi1761The Art Institute of Chicago
The Lion Bas-Reliefs, plate 5 from Imaginary Prisons, Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Lion Bas-Reliefs, plate 5 from Imaginary PrisonsGiovanni Battista Piranesi1761The Art Institute of Chicago

Within fifty years of ca. 1769

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Design for the Lower Portion of a Wall Panel, Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742
Design for the Lower Portion of a Wall PanelGilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–17421714Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Ausserlesenster Curiositäten merck-würdiger Traum-Tempel nebst seinen denk-würdigen Neben-Zimmern von allerhand sonderbaren Träumen ..., Männling, Johann Christoph
Ausserlesenster Curiositäten merck-würdiger Traum-Tempel nebst seinen denk-würdigen Neben-Zimmern von allerhand sonderbaren Träumen ...Männling, Johann Christoph1714Stiftung der Werke von C.G.Jung, Zürich, online
Speculum imaginum veritatis occultae, exhibens symbola, emblemata, hieroglyphica, aenigmata, omni tam materiae, quam forma varietate ..., Masen, Jacob
Speculum imaginum veritatis occultae, exhibens symbola, emblemata, hieroglyphica, aenigmata, omni tam materiae, quam forma varietate ...Masen, Jacob1714Stiftung der Werke von C.G.Jung, Zürich, online
Miniature longcase clock with calendar, Daniel Quare
Miniature longcase clock with calendarDaniel Quareca. 1720–25Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Table or bracket clock with calendar, Daniel Delander
Table or bracket clock with calendarDaniel Delanderprobably ca. 1720Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Decorated Capital Letter A, Jakob Frey, Swiss, active Italy, 1681 - 1752
Decorated Capital Letter AJakob Frey, Swiss, active Italy, 1681 - 17521715Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Decorated Capital Letter R, Jakob Frey, Swiss, active Italy, 1681 - 1752
Decorated Capital Letter RJakob Frey, Swiss, active Italy, 1681 - 1752ca. 1715Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Decorated Capital Letter H, Jakob Frey, Swiss, active Italy, 1681 - 1752
Decorated Capital Letter HJakob Frey, Swiss, active Italy, 1681 - 1752ca. 1715Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Also at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Marble female figure, Bastis Master
Marble female figureBastis Master2600–2400 BCEMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Relief Fragment with a Ship Under Sail, Unknown
Relief Fragment with a Ship Under SailUnknownca. 2465–2458 BCEMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tomb Chapel of Raemkai: South Wall, Unknown
Tomb Chapel of Raemkai: South WallUnknownca. 2446–2389 BCEMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
West wall of the chapel of the mastaba Kaemsenu with niches for Iretnub, Kaemsenu and Werdjedptah, Unknown
West wall of the chapel of the mastaba Kaemsenu with niches for Iretnub, Kaemsenu and WerdjedptahUnknownca. 2420–2250 BCEMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Design amulet, Cow and Calf on the Back, Device showing Antithetical Falcons Flanking an Ankh Sign over a Crouching Lion, Unknown
Design amulet, Cow and Calf on the Back, Device showing Antithetical Falcons Flanking an Ankh Sign over a Crouching LionUnknownca. 2150–2100 B.C.Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Design Amulet, Pyramidal Back with Horizontal Piercing, Device showing Two Falcons Flanking what is meant to be an Ankh Sign, Unknown
Design Amulet, Pyramidal Back with Horizontal Piercing, Device showing Two Falcons Flanking what is meant to be an Ankh SignUnknownca. 2150–2010 B.C.Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Design Amulet, Cow Nursing Calf and also a Kneeling Suckling Man Visible on Opposite Side on the Back, Device showing Antithetical Falcons with an Ankh Sign over a Lion, Unknown
Design Amulet, Cow Nursing Calf and also a Kneeling Suckling Man Visible on Opposite Side on the Back, Device showing Antithetical Falcons with an Ankh Sign over a LionUnknownca. 2150–2100 B.C.Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Design Amulet, Back in the Form of a Woman Suckling a Child, Device showing Two Lizards Head-to-tail, Unknown
Design Amulet, Back in the Form of a Woman Suckling a Child, Device showing Two Lizards Head-to-tailUnknownca. 2100–2080 B.C.Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Design for a Chimneypiece, Unknown
Design for a ChimneypieceUnknown1780–1800Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi made Chimneypiece: Affronted griffons on the lintel and candelabra on the jambs (Ch. accompagnée de son plan et décorée d'une frise de griffons), from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi...(Different Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses), and made these too.

Made in the eighteenth century, like Chimneypiece: Affronted griffons on the lintel and candelabra on the jambs (Ch. accompagnée de son plan et décorée d'une frise de griffons), from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi...(Different Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses).

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