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445 - Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 Venice – Rome 1778), *The Giant Wheel*, from: *Carceri d'Invenzione*.
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 Venice – Rome 1778), *The Giant Wheel*, from: *Carceri d'Invenzione*. Etching, engraving, and sulfur tint on laid paper. (c. 1749). 55.4 x 40.7 cm (plate); 72.1 x 50.9 cm (sheet). Focillon 32; Hind 9 I (of III); Wilton-Ely 34; Robison 35 II (of VIII); Ficacci 118. Plate IX from: *Carceri d'Invenzione*. A fine lifetime impression of Robison’s second state (of eight), featuring the artist’s signature added within the image in the lower left and a scratch in the white area of the smoke—a scratch that was burnished out in the lower thirds in later impressions. From the First Edition, First and Second Issues, published by G. Bouchard, Rome, 1749–circa 1758. With wide margins around the uncleaned plate edges. – With the characteristic flattened central fold, pale light staining, and foxing. The edges are slightly soiled. Otherwise in good condition. Very rare in this early state of printing. Taxation: regelbesteuert (VAT: Regular Taxation).
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Auction 348 | Old Masters & 19th-Century PrintsAuction house
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