May 11, 2023 - Sale 2636

Sale 2636 - Lot 179

Price Realized: $ 2,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
GIOVANNI B. PIRANESI
The Grand Piazza.

Etching, engraving and drypoint, 1749-50. 550x415 mm; 21 3/4x16 3/8 inches, wide margins. Fourth state (of 6); Robison's second edition, third issue, published by the artist in Rome (which dates from the mid-1760s to the early 1770s). From Carceri d'Invenzione. A superb, richly-inked impression with strong contrasts. Hind 4; Robison 31.