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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Sawhorse1749-50

Not on view
Etching of a vast imaginary prison interior with soaring stone arches, hanging chains, staircases, bridges, and tiny human figures, rendered in dense cross-hatched black lines

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The Sawhorse, 1749-50, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the 1991 Collectors Committee, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Title
The Sawhorse
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
1749-50
Medium
Etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, and scratching
Dimensions
16 7/16 x 22 in. (41.75 x 55.88 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the 1991 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
M.91.66.2
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1991. vol. 28-29, no. 12-1 (December, 1990-January, 1992).
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1992, vol. 29-30, no. 12-1 (December, 1991-January, 1993).