Nov 02, 2021 - Sale 2585

Sale 2585 - Lot 130

Price Realized: $ 2,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
GIOVANNI B. PIRANESI
Teatro di Marcello.

Etching, 1757. 400x548 mm; 15 3/4x21 1/2 inches, full margins. First state (of 7), before any addresses and price in the lower margin. Fleur-de-lys in a circle and the letter F watermark (Robison 5). From Vedute di Roma. A brilliant, early impression with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear, with crisp, partially inky plate edges, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject.

Provenance: David Tunick, Inc., New York.

Hind 33.