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449 - Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 Venice – Rome 1778), *The Well*, from: *Carceri d'Invenzione*.
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€7,000 - 9,000Sale fees
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 Venice – Rome 1778), *The Well*, from: *Carceri d'Invenzione*. Etching, engraving, sulfur tint on laid paper, watermark: Fleur-de-Lys in a single circle (Robinson 5). (c. 1749). 40.6 x 54.6 cm (plate); 54.9 x 75.5 cm (sheet). Focillon 36; Hind 13 I (of III); Wilton-Ely 38, Robison 39 I (of VI); Ficacci 122. Plate XIII from: *Carceri d’Invenzione*. A very fine lifetime impression of Robison’s first state (of six), printed with a light, selectively wiped tone, featuring ink dabbing at the base of the well, and before the triangular structure in the lower left and the additional shading throughout. From the First Edition, First through Third Issues, published in Rome circa 1749–60. With wide margins around the partially uncleaned plate edges. – With binding holes along the left edge and the characteristic flattened central fold. Otherwise in very good condition. Very rare in this early state. Taxation: subject to standard taxation (VAT: Regular Taxation).
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