Art + Antiques
Fri, Jul 29, 2022 01:00AM EDT
Lot 171
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI Etching "Baths of Caracalla"
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$400
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
(Italian, 1720-1778)
Rovine delle Terme Antoniniane(Ruins of the Baths of Caracalla)
from Views of Rome, circa 1765
Etching on paper
17 1/4" x 27 3/8" (plate impression)
A bird's eye view of the ruins of the Baths of Caracalla. Presented behind glass in a walnut frame that measures 25 1/2" x 35 1/4".
Literature: Hind, Arthur Mayger. Giovanni Battista Piranesi: A Critical Study, E. Weyhe (New York), 1922, 76.
Some overall toning and lightly-toned foxing to the sheet. The inherent center bi-fold has been nicely flattened.
(Italian, 1720-1778)
Rovine delle Terme Antoniniane(Ruins of the Baths of Caracalla)
from Views of Rome, circa 1765
Etching on paper
17 1/4" x 27 3/8" (plate impression)
A bird's eye view of the ruins of the Baths of Caracalla. Presented behind glass in a walnut frame that measures 25 1/2" x 35 1/4".
Literature: Hind, Arthur Mayger. Giovanni Battista Piranesi: A Critical Study, E. Weyhe (New York), 1922, 76.