Apr 29, 2015 - Sale 2381

Sale 2381 - Lot 226

Price Realized: $ 4,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
GIOVANNI B. PIRANESI
Veduta della Villa Estense in Tivoli.

Etching, 1773. 472x712 mm; 18 5/8x28 1/8 inches, wide margins. First state (of 3), before numbers. From the Vedute di Roma. A brilliant, richly-inked impression with very strong contrasts, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject.

With--Veduta dell'Anfiteatro Flavio, detto il Colosseo, etching, 1757. Fourth state (of 4) * Veduta del Pantheon d'Agrippa, etching 1761. Fifth state (of 5) * Veduta dell'Isola Tiberina, etching, 1775. Third state (of 3). Each from the Vedute di Roma. Various sizes and conditions. Hind 105; 57, 60 and 121.