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The Pier with Chains

Alternate TitleA Wide HAll with Low Timbered Roof, in the Foreground from Which Hangs a Lantern

Printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)

Date1749-1760

Place createdRome, Italy, Europe

Mediumetching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing

Dimensions14 1/8 × 20 1/2 in. (35.9 × 52.1 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

DepartmentPrints

Credit LineBequest of Herbert Greer French

Accession Number1943.459

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