Auction 309: Prints | 18 May 2022
Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Pier with a Lamp

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Lot 291N
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). 41.1 x 54.7 cm (sheet size 56 x 79.8 cm). Sheet XV from the series: Carceri d’Invenzione. From the Second Edition, Third Issue, published by the artist in Rome, c. 1765-74.

Result: € 8,000*

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Details

Focillon 38; Hind 15 II (von III); Wilton-Ely 40; Robison 41 V (von VII); Ficacci 124.

Description

Blatt XV der Folge: Carceri d’Invenzione. Ausgezeichneter, kräftiger Abzug mit der römischen Nummerierung oben links und den Überarbeitungen an den Ringen der Säule. Erschienen in der zweiten Ausgabe, dritte Auflage um 1765-74 in Rom. Mit dem vollen Rand. – Charakteristische, geglättete Bugfalte, verso verstärkt. Überwiegend im Rand fleckig, ansonsten gut erhalten.

Period

15th-18th Century

Technique

Prints

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