Lot No. 51


Giovanni Battista Piranesi


Giovanni Battista Piranesi - Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures

(Mogliano 1720–1778 Rome) A Lofty Arch with Vista onto an Arcade Surmounted by a Frieze, sheet no IV from the series “Carceri d’invenzione” (Imaginary Prisons), 1749, etching on laid paper, with watermark “fleur-de-lys in a circle”, 54,5 x 41,5 cm, with broad margins along platemarks, Hind 4 I (of III), prior to the signature and the numbers, mounted, unframed, (Sch)

Very excellent, saturated impression of the Ist state with rich contrasts (of III), First edition published by Giovanni Bouchard 1749–1760. Prior to the numerous changings of the depiction. In an excellent condition.

Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546

astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at

20.04.2022 - 15:25

Realized price: **
EUR 6,400.-
Estimate:
EUR 6,000.- to EUR 8,000.-
Starting bid:
EUR 5,000.-

Giovanni Battista Piranesi


(Mogliano 1720–1778 Rome) A Lofty Arch with Vista onto an Arcade Surmounted by a Frieze, sheet no IV from the series “Carceri d’invenzione” (Imaginary Prisons), 1749, etching on laid paper, with watermark “fleur-de-lys in a circle”, 54,5 x 41,5 cm, with broad margins along platemarks, Hind 4 I (of III), prior to the signature and the numbers, mounted, unframed, (Sch)

Very excellent, saturated impression of the Ist state with rich contrasts (of III), First edition published by Giovanni Bouchard 1749–1760. Prior to the numerous changings of the depiction. In an excellent condition.

Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546

astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures
Auction type: Online auction
Date: 20.04.2022 - 15:25
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 13.04. - 20.04.2022


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