Lot 28
  • 28

Giovanni Battista Piranesi 1720-1778

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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Description

  • Giovanni Battista Piranesi
  • veduta di piazza navona sopra le rovine del circo agonale; and Veduta di Piazza di Spagna (Hind 16, 18)
Etchings, 1750-51, two plates from the Vedute di Roma, fine impressions of  the fourth state (of six and of eight respectively), contemporary Roman editions Hind's state B3, on paper with a Fleur-de-Lys in Double Circle watermark, with margins, usual central vertical fold,  H. 18 with slight surface dirt and handling creases in margins, otherwise in generally good condition; and Veduta sul Monte Quirinale del Palazzo dell' Eccellentissima Casa Barberini (H. 25), etching, 1749, from the Vedute di Roma, a fine impression of the third state (of five), first Paris edition, on paper with the Auvergne watermark, with margins, a vertical fold in right margin, overall paper discoloration, a few foxmarks, otherwise in generally good condition