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live November 17 | 02:00 PM
Gonnelli Casa d'Aste

155 - Giovanni Battista Piranesi [after], View of a Magnificent Palace in Rome. Paris: Daumont, c. 1770. Etching and engraving, hand-colored. 255x364 mm. Sheet size: 324x494 mm. A beautiful, hand-colored “Vue optique” by an anonymous engraver from the second half of the 18th century, based on Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s plate “Ponte Magnifico” included in *Opere varie di architettura, prospettive, grotteschi, antichità: in the Style of the Ancient Romans, Rome 1750 (Robison, 6). Excellent proof on thin laid paper with a watermark reading “Name of Jesus in a single circle.” ALSO INCLUDED: Anonymous artist from the second half of the 18th century, *A View of St. Carlin’s Church at the Four Fountains in Rome*. London, 1750. Etching and burin engraving, hand-colored. 280x430 mm. (2) WORK 1: Sheet intact with original margins. Very slight signs of wear. WORK 2: Plate mounted on cardboard backing and set in a beautiful modern mat decorated with a gold border.

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€140

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Estimation

€140 - 280

Sale fees

30%

Giovanni Battista Piranesi [after], View of a Magnificent Palace in Rome. Paris: Daumont, c. 1770. Etching and engraving, hand-colored. 255x364 mm. Sheet size: 324x494 mm. A beautiful, hand-colored “Vue optique” by an anonymous engraver from the second half of the 18th century, based on Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s plate “Ponte Magnifico” included in *Opere varie di architettura, prospettive, grotteschi, antichità: in the Style of the Ancient Romans, Rome 1750 (Robison, 6). Excellent proof on thin laid paper with a watermark reading “Name of Jesus in a single circle.” ALSO INCLUDED: Anonymous artist from the second half of the 18th century, *A View of St. Carlin’s Church at the Four Fountains in Rome*. London, 1750. Etching and burin engraving, hand-colored. 280x430 mm. (2) WORK 1: Sheet intact with original margins. Very slight signs of wear. WORK 2: Plate mounted on cardboard backing and set in a beautiful modern mat decorated with a gold border.

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Auction details

Ancient, Modern, and Contemporary Art - Session II
Tuesday, November 17
02:00 PM
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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