Auction 291: Prints | 8 November 2019
Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Well

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Auction 291
Lot 466N
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720 Venedig – Rom 1778
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Etching on firm laid paper. (c. 1749). 40.8 x 55.2 cm (sheet 42.2 x 57.3 cm).

Result: € 6,875*

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Details

Focillon 36; Hind 13 I (von III); Wilton-Ely 38; Robison 39 I (von VI); Ficacci 122.

Provenienz:
Sammlung Piraneseum in der Nähe von San Francisco.

Description

Bl. XIII der Folge: Carceri. Ausgezeichneter, transparenter Druck des seltenen ersten Zustands vor allen Überarbeitungen oberhalb des Treppenaufgangs und der an der Wand lehnenden Leiter. Erschienen in der ersten Edition, erste bis dritte Auflage ab 1749 bis 1760. Mit einem bis zu ca. 11 mm breiten Rand um die Plattenkante. – Mit der unauffälligen, geglätteten vertikalen Mittelfalte. An den Kanten vereinzelt kleinere Papiermängel. Ansonsten von schöner Erhaltung.

Period

15th-18th Century

Technique

Prints

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