Nov 06, 2012 - Sale 2292

Sale 2292 - Lot 262

Price Realized: $ 5,040
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
GIOVANNI B. PIRANESI
Veduta del Pantheon d'Agrippa.

Etching, 1761. 470x690 mm; 18 1/2x27 1/8 inches, wide margins. First state (of 5), with the price and address in the cartouche. Ex-collection Cabinet des Estampes, Geneva, with the duplicate ink stamp (Lugt supplement 1073a, verso). From the Vedute di Roma. A superb, early and evenly-printed impression with strong contrasts. Hind 60.