Auction 309: Prints | 18 May 2022
Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Pier with Chains

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Auction 309
Lot 292N
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720 Venedig – Rom 1778
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Etching with engraving on laid paper. (1750). 40.7 x 55.3 cm (sheet size 55.5 x 80.7 cm). Sheet XVI from the series: Carceri d’Invenzione. From the Second Edition, Third Issue, published by the artist in Rome, c. 1765-74.

Result: € 8,000*

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Details

Focillon 39; Hind 16 II (von II); Wilton-Ely 41; Robison 42 IV (von VI); Ficacci 125.

Description

Blatt XVI aus der Folge: Carceri d’Invenzione. Prachtvoller, tiefschwarzer und gleichmäßiger Druck mit der römischen Nummer unten rechts, aber noch vor der Nummer 364 oben mittig neben der Säule. Mit dem vollen Rand. Erschienen in der zweiten Ausgabe, dritte Auflage, um 1765 in Rom. – Im Rand leicht fleckig und mit der charakteristischen Mittelfalz. Untere linke Ecke ein kleiner Papierverlust, ansonsten in gutem Zustand.

Period

15th-18th Century

Technique

Prints

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