Description:
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)
Veduta dell'avanzo del Castello...dell'Acqua Giulia
Signed in the plate "Piranesi Architetto fec." l.r.
Engraving and etching on paper, plate size 15 3/4 x 23 3/4 in. (39.5 x 60.3 cm),framed.
Condition: Scattered foxing, small stain to u.r. quadrant, subtle center crease, not examined out of frame.
Literature: Luigi Ficacci, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The Complete Etchings (Koln: Taschen, 2000),p. 161, no. 130.
N.B. The print is thought to be a late lifetime or early posthumous impression.
Estimate $300-400
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