Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Vasto interno. Ai piedi di una grande scalinata due trofei.

Details

Vasto interno. Ai piedi di una grande scalinata due trofei. Etching on paper with watermark “Auvergne” (Hind watermark 7, with quality comment “fin”). (1745-50). C. 55 : 40 cm (sheet c. 78 : 57 cm).

Description

Focillon 31; Hind 8/II (von III); Robinson 34/V (von VI); Villa-Salamon E 8/IV (von V).
Aus den “Carceri”, Bl. VIII der Folge. Vor der lateinischen Nummer. Kräftiger, kontrastreicher Abzug. An der unteren Kante mit zwei kurzen Einrissen und einem geglätteten, kaum wahrnehmbaren Mittelfalz. Vereinzelt schwache Braunflecken; in der Darstellungsmitte mit Tintenfleck, recto leicht durchscheinend, ansonsten in gutem Zustand.

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