Property from the Collection of the late Lore and Rudolf Heinemann sold for the Benefit of the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Baths of Trajan (Erroneously called Baths of Titus). Bird's-Eye View, from Vedute di Roma (H. 123)
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Baths of Trajan (Erroneously called Baths of Titus). Bird's-Eye View, from Vedute di Roma (H. 123)
etching, 1775, on laid paper, first state (of three), from a contemporary Roman Edition, with margins, the usual central vertical fold, a 54mm. tear at the lower right corner, just affecting the subject (backed with cellophane tape), pale light and time staining, a loss at the lower right margin corner, pale staining and scattered foxing on the reverse, other minor defects; and The Arch of Titus, from Vedute di Roma (H. 55) etching, 1760, second state (of five), from a contemporary Roman Edition (2)
The Baths of Trajan (Erroneously called Baths of Titus). Bird's-Eye View, from Vedute di Roma (H. 123)
etching, 1775, on laid paper, first state (of three), from a contemporary Roman Edition, with margins, the usual central vertical fold, a 54mm. tear at the lower right corner, just affecting the subject (backed with cellophane tape), pale light and time staining, a loss at the lower right margin corner, pale staining and scattered foxing on the reverse, other minor defects; and The Arch of Titus, from Vedute di Roma (H. 55) etching, 1760, second state (of five), from a contemporary Roman Edition (2)