GIOVANNI B. PIRANESI Veduta di Piazza Navona.
GIOVANNI B. PIRANESI
Veduta di Piazza Navona.
Etching, 1773. 473x708 mm; 18¾x28 inches, wide margins. Second state (of 4). From the Vedute di Roma. A very good, well-inked impression of this large, important etching, with strong contrasts, with all the details distinct and with little to no sign of wear.
This view of the Piazza Navona looking north toward Gian Lorenzo Bernini's Four Rivers Fountain, 1651, in the center, and the façade of the Church of Saint Agnese, designed by Francesco Barromini, 1652, at the left, is among the most popular of Piranesi's (1720-1778) views of Rome. Hind 108.
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GIOVANNI B. PIRANESI
Veduta di Piazza Navona.
Etching, 1773. 473x708 mm; 18¾x28 inches, wide margins. Second state (of 4). From the Vedute di Roma. A very good, well-inked impression of this large, important etching, with strong contrasts, with all the details distinct and with little to no sign of wear.
This view of the Piazza Navona looking north toward Gian Lorenzo Bernini's Four Rivers Fountain, 1651, in the center, and the façade of the Church of Saint Agnese, designed by Francesco Barromini, 1652, at the left, is among the most popular of Piranesi's (1720-1778) views of Rome. Hind 108.