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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Portico of Octavia: The Entrance Porch Exterior, from Vedute di Roma (H. 58)
etching, 1760, fourth state (of seven), with Piranesi's address and price, from a contemporary Roman Edition, watermark double-encircled Fleur-de-Lys (H. 3), with narrow margins, unevenly trimmed, a small stain just above the platemark at the lower edge, one or two tiny surface losses in the subject, a scratch in the sky at the upper right, some discolouration, P. 396 x 596mm.; and The Arch of Titus (H. 55 iii/v), from a Roman Edition (2)
The Portico of Octavia: The Entrance Porch Exterior, from Vedute di Roma (H. 58)
etching, 1760, fourth state (of seven), with Piranesi's address and price, from a contemporary Roman Edition, watermark double-encircled Fleur-de-Lys (H. 3), with narrow margins, unevenly trimmed, a small stain just above the platemark at the lower edge, one or two tiny surface losses in the subject, a scratch in the sky at the upper right, some discolouration, P. 396 x 596mm.; and The Arch of Titus (H. 55 iii/v), from a Roman Edition (2)