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Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard

The Sawhorse, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

ca. 1749–50
Etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, scratching
49.4 × 63.6 cm (19.4 × 25 in)

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