Lot 15
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1788)
Veduta degli Avanzi del Foro di Nerva, from 'Vedute di Roma'
Hammer Price: £800
Description
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1788)
Veduta degli Avanzi del Foro di Nerva, from 'Vedute di Roma'
Etching, 1770, an excellent well inked impression of Hind's first state (of four), on thick laid paper with watermark of lily within concentric circles [Hind's no. 3], platemark 475 x 705 mm (18 3/4 x 27 3/4 in), sheet 520 x 735 mm (20 1/2 x 29 in), minor spotting, faint horizontal drying crease (unframed)
Provenance:
Colnaghi, London [their blue mount]
Literature:
Hind 95 i (of iv)
Description
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1788)
Veduta degli Avanzi del Foro di Nerva, from 'Vedute di Roma'
Etching, 1770, an excellent well inked impression of Hind's first state (of four), on thick laid paper with watermark of lily within concentric circles [Hind's no. 3], platemark 475 x 705 mm (18 3/4 x 27 3/4 in), sheet 520 x 735 mm (20 1/2 x 29 in), minor spotting, faint horizontal drying crease (unframed)
Provenance:
Colnaghi, London [their blue mount]
Literature:
Hind 95 i (of iv)
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