ID 793338
Lot 246 | GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI (1720-1778)
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
The Pier with a Lamp, from: Carceri d'Invenzione
etching, engraving, sulphur tint and burnishing, circa 1749-60, on laid paper, watermark Fleur-de-Lys in a Circle (probably Robison 5, dated circa 1748-60), a very good impression of Robison's first state (of seven), with ink dabbing on the lamp post, from the First Edition, probably Third Issue, the full sheet, in very good condition
Plate 415 x 558 mm.
Sheet 555 x 795 mm.
Literature
Hind 15; Robison 41; Wilton-Ely 40
| Artist: | Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 - 1778) |
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| Applied technique: | Etching |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Artist: | Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 - 1778) |
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| Applied technique: | Etching |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Address of auction |
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