Giovanni Battista PIRANESI (1720-1778)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) - San Paolo fuori le Mura / Description: Veduta della Basilica di S. Paolo fuor delle mura, Vedute di Roma -- View of the Basilica of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Rome, Etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. With title and numbered legenda of the several parts. Signed bottom right 'Piranesi F.' Roman edition. Early state without the address and price but before the number 37 above the text line at right. Further determination of the state possible based on the watermark but not examined outside the frame. / Dimensions: 40,50 x 61,50 Very good early impression on thick Italian paper. In very good condition. / Literature: Wilton-Ely 1994 / Giovanni Battista Piranesi, the complete etchings (171) -- Hind 1922 / Giovanni Battista Piranesi, a critical study (4) -- Focillon 1918 / Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Essai de catalogue raisonné de son oeuvre (723)
