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Veduta della fonte e delle Spelonche d'Egeria, from: Vedute di Roma
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GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI (1720-1778)
Veduta della fonte e delle Spelonche d'Egeria, from: Vedute di Roma
etching, 1776, on thick laid paper, without watermark, a very good impression of the second state (of five), with wide margins, with the usual vertical central fold, pale scattered foxing, otherwise in good condition, framed; with Veduta delle antiche Sostruzioni, from the same series, by the same hand, 1766, on laid paper, without watermark, a very good impression of the first state (of three), with wide margins, with the usual vertical central fold, mount staining, otherwise in good condition, framed;
Plate 408 x 695 mm., Sheet 503 x 761 mm.
Plate 450 x 680 mm., Sheet 530 x 743 mm.
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Veduta della fonte e delle Spelonche d'Egeria, from: Vedute di Roma
etching, 1776, on thick laid paper, without watermark, a very good impression of the second state (of five), with wide margins, with the usual vertical central fold, pale scattered foxing, otherwise in good condition, framed; with Veduta delle antiche Sostruzioni, from the same series, by the same hand, 1766, on laid paper, without watermark, a very good impression of the first state (of three), with wide margins, with the usual vertical central fold, mount staining, otherwise in good condition, framed;
Plate 408 x 695 mm., Sheet 503 x 761 mm.
Plate 450 x 680 mm., Sheet 530 x 743 mm.
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Provenance
With P. & D. Colnaghi, London (their inventory number C. 34579 in pencil recto). (H. 80 only)
Literature
Focillon 782 & 841 ; Hind 80 & 125; Wilton-Ely 213 & 258
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