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The Sawhorse

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Credit: Rosenwald Collection

published 1750/1758

Etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, scratching

1946.21.397

Image © National Gallery of Art, 2020

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National Gallery of Art

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