Nov 03, 2022 - Sale 2620

Sale 2620 - Lot 22

Price Realized: $ 6,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
GIOVANNI B. PIRANESI
The Well.

Etching and engraving, 1749-50. 411x560 mm; 16 1/4x22 1/8 inches, wide margins. Second state (of 5), before the Roman numeral upper right; Robison's second edition, first issue, printed around 1761. From Carceri d'Invenzione. A brilliant, richly-inked, early impression with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear. Robison 39.