Apr 28, 2022 - Sale 2602

Sale 2602 - Lot 185

Price Realized: $ 3,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
GIOVANNI B. PIRANESI
The Pier with a Lamp.

Etching, engraving and burnishing, 1749-50. 410x545 mm; 16 1/4x21 1/2 inches, wide margins. Fourth state (of 7); Robison's second edition, second issue, printed during the early to mid 1760s. From Carceri d'Invenzione. A brilliant, richly-inked and early impression with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear. Robison 41.