Giovanni Battista Piranesi

(Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome)

The Pier with Chains 1749-1760 signed lower right in plate, 'Piranesi F. XVI' etching, engraving, sulfur tint or open bite, burnishing 40.5 x 55 cm Ref. Robison 42 state VI/VI, no. 364 just to the left of the palm leaf capital; Hind 16 Foci

The Pier with Chains

1749-1760

signed lower right in plate, 'Piranesi F. XVI'

etching, engraving, sulfur tint or open bite, burnishing

40.5 x 55 cm

Ref. Robison 42 state VI/VI, no. 364 just to the left of the palm leaf capital; Hind 16 Focillon 39. From the Carceri (Prisons) Plate XVI.