Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform (Gefangene auf einer auskragen

Precedente Panoramica dei lotti Successivo

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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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.