Apr 28, 2022 - Sale 2602

Sale 2602 - Lot 181

Price Realized: $ 8,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
GIOVANNI B. PIRANESI
The Drawbridge.

Etching and engraving, 1749-50. 561x415 mm; 22 1/4x16 1/4 inches, full margins. Fourth state (of 6); Robison's second edition, third issue, printed during the 1760s-1770s. From Carceri d'Invenzione. A superb, richly-inked, dark impression with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear. Robison 33.