The Sawhorse, plate 12 from Imaginary Prisons

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Title

The Sawhorse, plate 12 from Imaginary Prisons

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1761

Medium

Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 40.8 × 55 cm (16 1/8 × 21 11/16 in.); Plate: 41.4 × 55.6 cm (16 5/16 × 21 15/16 in.); Sheet: 58.7 × 76.9 cm (23 1/8 × 30 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections

Reference Number

1922.5602

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