Auction 309: Prints | 18 May 2022
Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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Auction 309
Lot 288N
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720 Venedig – Rom 1778
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Etching with engraving on laid paper with watermark “lily in concentric circles” (cf. Robison watermark 36). (c. 1749). 41.6 x 54.5 cm (sheet size 80.7 x 55.8 cm). Sheet X from the series: Carceri d’Invenzione. From the Second Edition, Third Issue, published by the artist in Rome, c. 1765-74.

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Details

Focillon 33; Hind 10 II (von III); Wilton-Ely 35; Robison 36 IV (von VI); Ficacci 119.

Description

Blatt X aus der Folge: Carceri d’Invenzione. Ausgezeichneter, tiefschwarzer Abzug mit Plattenton und einem breiten Rand um die gut sichtbare Plattenkante. Mit den hinzugefügten Balken und Ketten am rechten Rand und der Nummer oben rechts. Die zusätzliche Galerie unterhalb des rechten Fensters ist bereits ausgeführt. Erschienen in der zweiten Ausgabe, dritte Auflage, um 1765 in Rom. – Geglättete Bugfalte, verso dort leicht ausgedünnt, Papier überwiegend im Rand braun- und fingerfleckig. Ansonsten gut erhalten.

Period

15th-18th Century

Technique

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