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The Sawhorse

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Sawhorse

1760

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The Sawhorse

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Sawhorse

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Sawhorse

1760

Physical Qualities Etching, engraving, and sulphur tint or open bite with scratching, Sheet: 470 x 628 mm. (18 1/2 x 24 3/4 in.) Plate: 414 x 556 mm. (16 5/16 x 21 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of General Lawrason Riggs
Object Number 1935.1.12
Platform on arches in the middle ground supporting an inscribed monument with instruments of torture to the right
Print by Print: Series from Dürer to Lichtenstein

Inscribed: In upper right corner of image: "XII." Etched in lower left corner below image: "G. Piranesi f." In graphite at bottom left of sheet: "H. 12 ii"

Markings: WM: none

Artist

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1719–1777

Italian, 1720-1778
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1764
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1777
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Veduta dell'Arco di Benevento nel Regno di Napoli
1777
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1760
THE PIER WITH CHAINS
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Pier with Chains
1760
THE PIER WITH A LAMP
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Pier with a Lamp
1760