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$948$800
Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2542BLocation: BostonDate / Time: April 09, 2011 10:00AM
Description:
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)
Lot of Two Framed Etchings: Veduta degli avanzi del Foro di Nerva, and Avanzi degl'Aquedotti Neroniani...
Signed in the plates. Plate sizes to approx. 19 1/4 x 28 in. (49.2 x 71.4 cm).
Condition: Toning, foxing, Foro with vertical center crease and repair l.r. corner, Aquedotti with tear u.c. and with crease or tear l.c., not examined out of frames.
Literature: Luigi Ficacci, Piranesi, The Complete Etchings, Taschen: Köln, New York: Taschen, c. 2000, plates 966 and 989, respectively.
Estimate $300-350
These have not been examined out of the frames,. The paper is quite fragile. They are believed to be an early printing.