GIOVANNI B. PIRANESI Veduta del Ponte e Castello Sant'Angelo.
Etching, 1754. 383x585 mm; 15¼x23 inches, wide margins. Third state (of 6). Fleur-de-lys in a double circle watermark (Hind 3). From the Vedute di Roma. Hind 29.
The Vedute di Roma is a series of 134 etchings of famous Roman buildings, ruins and monuments created by Piranesi (1720-1778) over nearly three decades (circa 1748-circa 1777), and is among the most ambitious and successful printmaking productions of all time.
