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452 - Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 Venice – Rome 1778), *The Pier with Chains*, from: *Carceri d'Invenzione*.
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€7,000 - 9,000Sale fees
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 Venice – Rome 1778), *The Pier with Chains*, from: *Carceri d'Invenzione*. Etching, engraving, sulfur tint on laid paper. (c. 1749). 40.3 x 54.6 cm (plate); 54.5 x 74.9 cm (sheet). Focillon 39; Hind 16 I (of III); Wilton-Ely 41, Robison 42 I (of VI); Ficacci 125. Plate XVI from: *Carceri d’Invenzione*. A very good, richly inked lifetime impression of Robison’s first state (of six), printed with strong contrasts, showing only two men descending the staircase in the foreground, and with ink smudges on the diagonal beam at the upper left and on the round pier below. From the First Edition, First through Third Issues, published in Rome circa 1749–60. With wide margins. – With the characteristic flattened central fold. With a few faint, scattered brown spots and binding holes along the left edge. A small tear at the lower edge. Otherwise in very good condition. Extremely rare in this early state. Taxation: subject to standard taxation (VAT: Regular Taxation).
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Auction 348 | Old Masters & 19th-Century PrintsAuction house
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