Description:
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)
Three Veduti: ...Facciata...di S. Croce in Gerusalemme, 1750 (Hind, 11 ii/v); ...Palazzo dell'Accademia...di Francia..., 1752 (Hind, 24 ii/v) and ...Palazzo Odeschalci, 1753 (Hind, 26 ii/v). Each identified within the plate. Etchings on paper, plate sizes approximately 16 x 24 3/8 in. (40.3 x 61.8 cm),framed.
Condition: Gently pressed creases, unobtrusive soiling, foxing, and/or staining, water staining to lower edge of Accademia, minor breaks to sheet along plate mark of S. Croce, not examined out of frames.
Estimate $600-800
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