Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard

The Pier with Chains, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

ca. 1749–50
Etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing; first state of six (Robison)
49.5 × 64 cm (19.5 × 25.2 in)

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