May 11, 2023 - Sale 2636

Sale 2636 - Lot 192

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
GIOVANNI B. PIRANESI
Veduta, nella Via del Corso, del Palazzo dell'Accademia.

Etching, 1749. 405x620 mm; 16x24 3/8 inches, full margins. Second state (of 5), with the address and price. Fleur-de-lys in a double circle watermark (Hind 3). From Vedute di Roma. A superb, richly-inked impression with very strong contrasts.

A view looking toward the north on the Via del Corso in Rome, from near the Piazza Venezia to the Piazza del Popolo.

With--Veduta del Monumento eretto dall'Imperador Tito Vespasiano, 1775. 490x705 mm; 19 1/2x28 inches, small margins. First state (of 3), before the numbers. A very good, early impression with strong contrasts and no sign of wear. Hind 24 and 119.