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The Sawhorse (Plate XII of the Second Edition, Second Issue, of the Carceri)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)
1749-50
Medium/Technique
Etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, scratching
Dimensions
Sheet: 52.6 x 71.8 cm (20 11/16 x 28 1/4 in.)
Platemark: 41.3 x 55.4 cm (16 1/4 x 21 13/16 in.)
Platemark: 41.3 x 55.4 cm (16 1/4 x 21 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Stephen Bullard Memorial Fund
Accession NumberM25428
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hind 012, i/iii; Focillon 35; Robison 38, i/vi or ii/vi (First Edition, First through Third Issues, 1749-1760); Ficacci 121
State
i
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
Provenance1914, sold by Mrs. A. M. B. Smith, London, to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 1, 1914)