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live November 17 | 10:00 AM
Gonnelli Casa d'Aste

99 - Giovanni Battista Piranesi, View of the Atrium of the Portico of Octavia. 1760 [IV/6]. Etching. 398x595 mm. Sheet: 534x770 mm. Focillon, 815. Hind, 58. Signed in the lower right margin. From the Views of Rome, a series of 135 plates that Piranesi began working on in 1748 and continued to expand with new plates throughout his life. Excellent proof in the fourth state of six, with the address and price, prior to the price being crossed out and the numbering appearing in the upper right corner. Lay paper with a watermark of “a lily flower within a double circle over the letters CB” (Robison, 37). (1) Sheet intact with original margins and minimal yellowing at the edges. Trace of a vertical fold from binding in the center. Two small holes at the lower margin.

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€280

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Estimation

€280 - 560

Sale fees

30%

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, View of the Atrium of the Portico of Octavia. 1760 [IV/6]. Etching. 398x595 mm. Sheet: 534x770 mm. Focillon, 815. Hind, 58. Signed in the lower right margin. From the Views of Rome, a series of 135 plates that Piranesi began working on in 1748 and continued to expand with new plates throughout his life. Excellent proof in the fourth state of six, with the address and price, prior to the price being crossed out and the numbering appearing in the upper right corner. Lay paper with a watermark of “a lily flower within a double circle over the letters CB” (Robison, 37). (1) Sheet intact with original margins and minimal yellowing at the edges. Trace of a vertical fold from binding in the center. Two small holes at the lower margin.

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Auction details

Ancient, Modern, and Contemporary Art - Session I
Tuesday, November 17
10:00 AM
Via Fra Giovanni Angelico, 49
50121 Firenze, Italy

Auction house

Gonnelli Casa d'Aste +39 0 55 26 82 79 aste@gonnelli.it
On Drouot for 1 year avec More than 5,000 lots published

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