Nov 03, 2022 - Sale 2620

Sale 2620 - Lot 218

Price Realized: $ 3,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
GIOVANNI B. PIRANESI
The Man on the Rack.

Etching and engraving, 1749-50. 571x420 mm; 22 1/2x16 3/4 inches, full margins. Fourth state (of 6); Robison's second edition, third issue, printed from the mid-1760s to the early 1770s. Fleur-de-lys in a double circle watermark. From Carceri d'Invenzione. A brilliant, richly-inked and early impression, with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear. Robison 43.