Various Lamps and a vase encusted with cameos, from Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps and ornaments designed and etched by Cavaliere Giovanni Battista Piranesi)

ca. 1778

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 16 1/8 x 22 5/8 in. (41 x 57.5 cm) Plate: 15 3/16 x 21 1/16 in. (38.5 x 53.5 cm)
Collection no.: 1984.1127.2
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Various Lamps and a vase encusted with cameos, from Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps and ornaments designed and etched by Cavaliere Giovanni Battista Piranesi). Giovanni Battista Piranesi; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Gift of Frances C. Rooff, 1984. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Various Lamps and a vase encusted with cameos, from Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps and ornaments designed and etched by Cavaliere Giovanni Battista Piranesi) — Giovanni Battista Piranesi. ca. 1778.

Medium: Etching. Dimensions: Sheet: 16 1/8 x 22 5/8 in. (41 x 57.5 cm) Plate: 15 3/16 x 21 1/16 in. (38.5 x 53.5 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Frances C. Rooff, 1984.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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