Swann Galleries - Old Master Prints - Sale 2429: Part I, November 3, 2016

222 GIOVANNI B. PIRANESI

Veduta del Romano Campidoglio con Scalinata che va alla Chiesa d’Araceli

Etching, 1775. 406x551 mm; 16x21

inches, wide

undescribed state between

the second and third states (of 5), with the address, with the price erased, but before the

number lower right. From the

Vedute di Roma

. A superb, richly-inked impression with

very strong contrasts. Hind 38.

[1,500/2,500]

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GIOVANNI B. PIRANESI

Veduta interna dell’Atrio del Portico di Ottavia

Etching, 1760. 413x550 mm; 16

x21

inches, wide margins. Third state (of 6). Fleur-

de-lys in a double circle watermark (Hind 3). From the

Vedute di Roma

. A brilliant

impression with strong contrasts. Hind 59.

With—

Veduta del Ponte Ferrato

, etching, 1756 *

Veduta del Ponte Fabrizio

, etching, 1753.

Both from

Le Antichità Romane

. Focillon 356 and 351.

[2,000/3,000]

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