Art, literature & historyChimneypiece: Lintel embellished by two undulating serpents with small masks in each coil, from "Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini..." (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces...)
1769
- Dating
- Exact year
- Medium
- Etching
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 21 7/16 x 15 3/16 in. (54.5 x 38.5 cm) Plate: 9 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (25 x 38.5 cm) printed horizontally
- Collection no.
- 41.71.1.20(57)
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
Chimneypiece: Lintel embellished by two undulating serpents with small masks in each coil, from "Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini..." (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces...) — Giovanni Battista Piranesi. 1769.
Medium: Etching. Dimensions: Sheet: 21 7/16 x 15 3/16 in. (54.5 x 38.5 cm) Plate: 9 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (25 x 38.5 cm) printed horizontally.
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library.
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.