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Plate XII, The Sawhorse
Item
41.2 x 56 cm
Print of an etching of large archways, with an entryway into a building or tunnel. Includes some ladders and small figures.
State V. Watermarks: imprinted “FILIA/T DUPUY/AUVERGN/M42” and variants of bird house with three birds (for more information see Robison, A., Piranesi-early architectural fantasies, 1986, p. 233, no. 78, p. 235, variant of no. 82, and p. 236, variant of no. 83), first Paris edition, 1800-1809 and 1800-1830s.
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