Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2598BLocation: BostonDate / Time: May 18, 2012 12:00PM
Description:
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)
Two Plates from VEDUTE DI ROMA:Veduta degli Avanzi del Foro di Nerva and Avanzi degl'Aquedotti Neroniani..., probably 19th century impressions (Ficacci, 966 & 989). Both identified within the plates. Engravings with etching on paper, plate sizes approximately 19 x 28 in. (48.3 x 71.2 cm),framed.
Condition: Vertical creases, toning (more so to Aquedotti),rippling, not examined out of frames.
Estimate $500-700