Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Die große Piazza, aus: Carceri d'Invenzione.
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Die große Piazza, aus: Carceri d'Invenzione.
Die große Piazza, aus: Carceri d'Invenzione.
Die große Piazza, aus: Carceri d'Invenzione.
Die große Piazza, aus: Carceri d'Invenzione.
Die große Piazza, aus: Carceri d'Invenzione.
Die große Piazza, aus: Carceri d'Invenzione.
Artist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720 Venice - Rome 1778
Etching with engraving on laid paper. (c. 1749). 54.5 x 41.3 cm (plate), 71.8 x 51.8 cm (sheet).
Further information
Focillon 27; Hind 4 II (of III); Wilton-Ely 29; Robison 31 IV (of VI); Ficacci 113.
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Etching with engraving on laid paper. (c. 1749). 54.5 x 41.3 cm (plate), 71.8 x 51.8 cm (sheet).

Plate IV from: Carceri d’Invenzione. A fine, dark impression of Robison's IV state with the Roman numeral in the upper right corner. From the Second Edition, Third Issue, published in Rome, mid 1760s to early 1770s. With wide margins. – Double centrefold. Remains of old mounting recto and verso. Pale paper discoloration and with small foxing spots; good overall condition.