File:Bound Print, Spaccato della bottega ad uso di caffè detta degl'Inglesi situata in piazza di Spagna - , from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini, 1769 (CH 18459849).jpg

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi: English: Bound Print, Spaccato della bottega ad uso di caffè detta degl'Inglesi situata in piazza di Spagna..., 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, Spaccato della bottega ad uso di caffè detta degl'Inglesi situata in piazza di Spagna..., from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini, 1769
Description
English: A compartmentalized scene with several figures. Above, two sphinxes flank central figures with hieroglyphs. Birds flying in the sky. Openings show view of Egyptian landscape of pyramids and other structures, Egyptian figures, and caryatids in profile. Many Egyptian symbols cover the wall.
Date 1769
date QS:P571,+1769-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium etching on paper
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1967-85-24-53
Credit line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Gilbert
Notes
  • Type: Bound print
  • Inscribed: Spaccato della bottega ad uso di caffè detta degl'Inglesi situata in piazza di Spagna. Le pareti dipinte di questa bottega rap= / presentano un Vestibulo adornati de Simboli Geroglifici, e di altre cose allusive alla Religione e politica degli antichi Egiziani. / In lontananza vi si vedono le fertile campange, il Nilo e quelli maestosi sepoteri della medisima nazione.
  • Country: Italy
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