Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1788)
Two prints from 'Vedute di Roma': Veduta del Porto di Ripa Grande [H. 27 ii/vi]; and Veduta del Tempio di Giove Tonante [H. 44 iv/vi]
Etchings, 1753-56, good impressions on laid paper, the first mentioned with watermark of lily within concentric circles [Hind's no. 2/3], the latter a lily with single circle [Hind's no. 1], platemarks each approx. 405 x 610 mm (16 x 24 in), both with wide margins, faint exposure lines to margin, some minor surface dirt, mainly marginal, faint horizontal drying creases to both (unframed)

Provenance:
Colnaghi, London [their blue mounts, stock no. C.33434 and C. 33188 in pencil to margins]

Literature:
Hind 27 ii (of vi); H. 44 iv of (vi)