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Auction archive: Lot number 16

GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI

Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$6,776 - US$10,164
Price realised:
£4,500
ca. US$7,623
Auction archive: Lot number 16

GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI

Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$6,776 - US$10,164
Price realised:
£4,500
ca. US$7,623
Beschreibung:

Giovanni Battista Piranesi 1720 - 1778 S. MARIA MAGGIORE WITH THE COLUMN FROM THE BASILICA OF CONSTANTINE IN THE FOREGROUND; S. MARIA MAGGIORE WITH THE OBELISK IN THE PIAZZA DELL' ESQUILINO; THE PALAZZO DELLA CONSULTA (H.9, 10, 22) Etchings, circa 1749, three plates from the Vedute di Roma, fine impressions of the third, second and second state (of six, five and six respectively), all contemporary Roman editions, Hind's state B3, on paper with a Fleur-de-Lys in Double Circle watermark, apart from H. 10 with a Coat of Arms and Bracciano countermark (Cf. Robison wmk. 59 and 64), with margins, usual central vertical fold, H. 9 with two horizontal tears in upper left margin, occasional fox marks and handling creases, otherwise in good condition Quantity: 3 Sheet: each circa 520 by 720mm; 20 1/2 by 28 3/8 in

Auction archive: Lot number 16
Auction:
Datum:
2 Oct 2008
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Giovanni Battista Piranesi 1720 - 1778 S. MARIA MAGGIORE WITH THE COLUMN FROM THE BASILICA OF CONSTANTINE IN THE FOREGROUND; S. MARIA MAGGIORE WITH THE OBELISK IN THE PIAZZA DELL' ESQUILINO; THE PALAZZO DELLA CONSULTA (H.9, 10, 22) Etchings, circa 1749, three plates from the Vedute di Roma, fine impressions of the third, second and second state (of six, five and six respectively), all contemporary Roman editions, Hind's state B3, on paper with a Fleur-de-Lys in Double Circle watermark, apart from H. 10 with a Coat of Arms and Bracciano countermark (Cf. Robison wmk. 59 and 64), with margins, usual central vertical fold, H. 9 with two horizontal tears in upper left margin, occasional fox marks and handling creases, otherwise in good condition Quantity: 3 Sheet: each circa 520 by 720mm; 20 1/2 by 28 3/8 in

Auction archive: Lot number 16
Auction:
Datum:
2 Oct 2008
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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