Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1720 - 1778

The Staircase with Trophies (Robison 34)

Etching with engraving, 1749, from Carceri d’Invenzione, a fine, bright impression of the first state (of five), from the first edition, first through third issues, 1749-60, with the ink dabbing that appears in first state impressions, on firm laid paper, unframed

plate: 542 by 400mm 21¼ by 15¾in

sheet: 561 by 418mm 22 by 16½in