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Candelabrum Base with a Merman Flanked by Snakes, and Goats’ Heads, Cornucopias and Other Ornaments
18th century18th century
530 x 390 mm (20.9 x 15.4 in.)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)
- animals - This section can use more hierarchical (quasi-Linnaean) refinement in future; extant terms were assembled into a fairly flat and slightly redundant structure to expedite conversion.
- goats
- ornament - Decorative forms that are an integral part of a building or object but are not essential to its structure. Regarding techniques of embellishment in general, use "decoration (process)." [November 1990 descriptor moved.]
- reptiles
- snakes
- plate Dimensions: 530 x 390 mm (20.9 x 15.4 in.)
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . Candelabrum Base with a Merman Flanked by Snakes, and Goats’ Heads, Cornucopias and Other Ornaments, 18th century. From Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, Sarcofagi, Tripodi, Lucerne, ed Ornamenti Antichi Disegn. ed Incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batta. Piranesi. Etching. plate : 530 x 390 mm (20.9 x 15.4 in.). DAC accession number Retrospective TBD. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892).