Giovanni Battista Piranesi 1720 Venedig – Rom 1778 Veduta della Piazza di Monte Cavallo (Quirinale)

Etching on laid paper with watermark “Auvergne” (Hind watermark 7, with quality mark “fin”). (1745-50). 55 x 40 cm (sheet size 78 x 57 cm).

Period

15th-18th Century

Technique

Prints

Details

Focillon 31; Hind 8 II (von III); Wilton-Ely 33; Robison 34 V (von VI); Ficacci 117.

Description

Sheet VIII from the series: Carceri. Excellent, strong and high-contrast impression, before the Latin number. – With two short tears at the lower edge and a smoothed, barely perceptible centrefold. Occasional faint brown stains. Ink stain in the centre of the image, slightly translucent recto, otherwise in good condition.