Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Prisoners on a Projecting Platform (Gefangene auf einer auskragen
Artist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Additional Description
Etching with engraving on laid paper. (1749). 41.3 x 54.4 cm (plate); 48.7 x 71.8 cm (sheet).
Details
Focillon 33; Hind 10 I (of III); Wilton-Ely 35; Robison 36 II (of VI); Ficacci 119.
Period
(1720 Venice - Rome 1778)
Technique
Druckgrafik
Provenance
Unknown collection, verso with collector's stamp „Lion in Oval“ (not in Lugt);Private collection, Bavaria, inherited by the current owner.
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Beschreibung
Plate X from: Carceri d’Invenzione. A fine, black and atmospheric impression of the second state, printed after the addition of the beam with chains projecting in from the corner of the right edge, but prior to the addition of the numeral “X“ to the top right corner. With wide margins around the platemark. – Slight foxing. A 2.5 cm long tear in the left margin. With the usual vertical centrefold. The edges somewhat light-stained. Otherwise in good condition.