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252 GIOVANNI B. PIRANESI
Veduta del Romano Campidoglio con Scalinata che va alla Chiesa d’Araceli
.
Etching, 1775. 406x551 mm; 16x21
3
/
4
inches, wide margins.Third state (of 5). From the
Vedute di Roma
.A very good, well-inked impression with strong contrasts and all the fine
details distinct. Hind 38.
[1,500/2,500]
253 GIOVANNI B. PIRANESI
Veduta dell’insigne Basilica Vaticana coll’ampio Portico, e Piazza adjacente
.
Etching, 1775. 475x710 mm; 18
5
/
8
x27
7
/
8
inches, small to wide margins. First state (of 3),
before numbers. Fleur-de-lys in a double-circle watermark (Hind 3). From the
Vedute di
Roma
. A superb, richly-inked impression with strong contrasts. Hind 120.
[2,000/3,000]
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