May 26, 2016 - Sale 2417

Sale 2417 - Lot 366

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
PIRANESI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA; and PIRANESI, FANCESCO. Decursio Equitum, et Peditum in Funere Imperatoris Antonini Pius. [Base of marble and travertine constructed during the pontificate of Pope Benedict XIV for the pedestal of the Antonius Pius column]. Engraved plate. 50x32 3/4 inches sheet size; overall light soiling, minor foxing, and a few mild water stains in the right margin, one of which slightly extends into the lower right side of the image; some mild discoloration along the sheet's two creases. Rome: Gio. Batti. Piranesi, [1774-1779]

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Wilton-Ely, Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Complete Etchings, 715.