Lot 17
  • 17

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Giovanni Battista Piranesi
  • The Piazza Navona, with S. Agnese on the Right; and The Ponte Salario (H. 16, 31)
  • H. 4 sheet 490 by 740mm; 19 1/4 by 29 1/8 in
  • H. 16, 31 sheet circa 520 by 720mm; 20 1/2 by 28 3/8 in
Etchings, circa 1751-1754, two plates from the Vedute di Roma, fine impressions of the fourth and second state (of six and five respectively), all contemporary Roman editions, Hind's state B3, on paper with a Fleur-de-Lys in Double Circle watermark, with margins, usual central vertical fold, occasional handling creases and a few pale fox marks, otherwise in generally good condition; and St. Peter's, Interior with the Nave (H. 4), etching, 1748, from the Vedute di Roma, a good, lightly etched impression of the first state (of six), contemporary Roman edition, Hind's state B1, on paper with a Fleurs-de-Lys in Single Circle watermark, with margins, usual central vertical fold, pale paper discoloration and surface dirt

Provenance

H. 4 with unidentified collector's mark (L. 2342) according to Lugt possibly ex coll. F. Soleil

Condition

As catalogued
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