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451 - Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 Venice - Rome 1778), The Pier with a Lamp, from: Carceri d'Invenzione.
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€7,000 - 9,000Sale fees
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 Venice - Rome 1778), The Pier with a Lamp, from: Carceri d'Invenzione. Etching, engraving, sulphur tint on laid paper, watermark Fleur-de-Lys in a single circle (Robinson 5). (c. 1749). 41.1 x 54.5 cm (plate); 55 x 75.9 cm (sheet). Focillon 38; Hind 15 I (of III); Wilton-Ely 40, Robison 41 I (of VII); Ficacci 124. Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, 28 February 1988. Plate XV from: Carceri d’Invenzione. A very fine, richly inked lifetime impression of Robison’s first state (of seven), printing with strong contrasts, before the addition of the wooden bridges and stairways in the background and before the ink dabbing along the right side of the lamppost. From the First Edition, First and Second Issues, published in Rome circa 1749–60. With wide margins around the partially uncleaned plate edges. – With binding holes along the left edge and with the characteristic flattened central fold; faint handling creases. Verso with old adhesive tape in the upper corners. Otherwise in very good condition. Very rare in this early state. Taxation: regelbesteuert (VAT: Regular Taxation).
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Auction 348 | Old Masters & 19th Century PrintsAuction house
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