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The Sawhorse, Plate XII, from: Carceri
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GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI (1720-1778)
The Sawhorse, Plate XII, from: Carceri
etching and engraving with sulphur tint, circa 1749-50, on laid paper, without watermark, first or second state (of six), from the First Edition, first to third issues, published by G. Bouchard, Rome, 1749-1760, with wide margins, with the usual vertical central fold, light-, mount and backboard staining, a repair in the lower right margin, framed
Plate 412 x 555 mm., Sheet 495 x 675 mm.
The Sawhorse, Plate XII, from: Carceri
etching and engraving with sulphur tint, circa 1749-50, on laid paper, without watermark, first or second state (of six), from the First Edition, first to third issues, published by G. Bouchard, Rome, 1749-1760, with wide margins, with the usual vertical central fold, light-, mount and backboard staining, a repair in the lower right margin, framed
Plate 412 x 555 mm., Sheet 495 x 675 mm.
Provenance
With P. & D. Colnaghi, London (their stock number C. 34290 in pencil recto).
Literature
Focillon 35; Hind 12; Robison 38
Brought to you by
Tim Schmelcher