Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778),Four Engravings: Veduta della Piazza di Monte Cavallo, Veduta degli avanzi superiori d

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)

Four Engravings: Veduta della Piazza di Monte Cavallo, Veduta degli avanzi superiori delle Terme di Diocleziano,
Altra Veduta del Tempio della Sibilla in Tivoli, and Villa Panfili
All signed in the plate.
Etching and engraving on paper, plate sizes to 19 1/2 x 27 3/4 in. (49.3 x 70.5 cm),framed (one without glass).
Condition: Rippling, toning, scattered minor foxing, Tempio della Sibilla affixed to window mat with clear plastic tape and with a 2 1/4 in. (6.0 cm) tear to u.r. margin that extends into the image by 3/8 in. (0.5 cm),others not examined out of frames.

Literature: Luigi Ficacci, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The Complete Etchings (Koln: Taschen, 2000),with the following references: Monte Cavallo (Ficacci, 974),Terme di Diocleziano (Ficacci, 986),Villa Panfili (Ficacci, 995),Tempio della Sibilla (Ficacci, 933).
Estimate $1,000-1,500

Tempio della Sibilla (without glass) plate size 17 1/2 x 26 in. (44.2 x 66.0 cm),sheet size 22 1/8 x 29 5/8 in. (56.2 x 75.3 cm) ; Villa Panfili plate size 19 1/2 x 27 3/4 in. (49.3 x 70.5 cm); Monte Cavallo plate size 18 3/4 x 27 7/8 in. (47.7 x 70.7 cm); Diocleziano plate size 18 1/2 x 28 in (47.5 x 70.7 cm). Please note that these dimensions are approximate as the prints were measured through the glass and some had slipped slightly in their mats.


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