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444 - Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 Venice – Rome 1778), *The Drawbridge*, from: *Carceri d'Invenzione*.
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€6,000 - 8,000Sale fees
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 Venice – Rome 1778), *The Drawbridge*, from: *Carceri d'Invenzione*. Etching, engraving, and sulfur tint on laid paper, with a Fleur-de-Lys watermark within a single circle (Hind 1). (c. 1749). 56 x 41 cm (sheet). Focillon 30; Hind 7 I (of III); Wilton-Ely 32; Robison 33 I (of VI); Ficacci 117. Plate VII from: *Carceri d'Invenzione*. A fine lifetime impression of Robison’s first state (of six), prior to the ink dabbing on the right side of the base of the spiked instrument in the left foreground, from the First Edition, likely the First Issue, published by G. Bouchard, Rome, 1749–60, printed with a light, selectively wiped tone. Trimmed to the plate mark, with a margin of up to 9 mm at the lower edge. – With the usual horizontal central fold and backed tears at the edges. With light and mount staining and a few scattered gray spots in the left margin. Minor paper defects along the edges. Otherwise in good condition. Extremely 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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