GIOVANNI B. PIRANESI, Veduta della Villa dell'Emo Sig. Card. Alesandro Albani fuori di Porta

Etching. First state (of 3). From the "Vedute di Roma." Unlike many of Piranesi's (1720-1778) etchings from "Vedute di Roma," which represent edifices and architectural views from classical Rome and the Renaissance, this etching depicts a project contemporaneous with the artist's career. The Villa Albani in Rome was built at the Via Salaria for Cardinal Alessandro Albani, nephew of Pope Clement XI, between 1747 and 1767; it was among the grandest and most celebrated Roman villas of the 18th century.

1769

445x695 mm; 17 3/8x27 1/4 inches, wide margins.

Hind 89.