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GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI | St. Peter's, with Forecourt and Colonnades Fountain in Foreground; and Hadrian's Villa: The Canopus (Hind 3, 90)

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1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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描述

  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista
  • St. Peter's, with Forecourt and Colonnades Fountain in Foreground; and Hadrian's Villa: The Canopus (Hind 3, 90)
  • Etching
  • H. 3 sheet: 520 by 730mm 20 1/2 by 20 3/4 in
  • H.90 sheet: 520 by 725 mm 20 1/2 by 28 1/2 in
Two etchings, 1748 and 1768 respectively, from Views of Rome, H. 3 the fifth state (of seven); and H. 90 the second state (of four), both from the First Paris Edition published by Francesco and Pietro Piranesi 1800-1807, H. 90 framed

Condition

Hind 3: with wide margins, a central vertical crease supported on the verso, pale staining along left sheet edge due to old mounting, two small repaired (?) tears extending from the bottom edge at centre, skinning in the upper and lower margins, mounted (hinged at top), unframed. Hind 90: with wide margins, light-staining, glue-staining along the left sheet edge, with a backed vertical printer's crease verso, two printer's creases in the right margin split at the right sheet edge, framed.
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