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Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778)
Remains of the Basilica of Gaius and Lucius, from Il Campo Marzio dell'Antica Roma (W.-E. 576)
etching, 1762, on laid paper, watermark Double-Encircled Fleur-de-Lys, from a contemporary Roman Edition, with margins, pale scattered foxing, minor surface soiling and soft creasing showing mostly in the margins and on the reverse, two small holes in the bottom margin, the right margin folded back 1 1/8-inch, framed; and [Jason Offering the Golden Fleece to Mars], by FONTAINEBLEAU SCHOOL--etching, circa 1600, on laid paper, with an indistinct watermark, with narrow margins, a small hole and several pinholes at left, a paper imperfection at bottom right, several skinned patches on the reverse, some pale staining at the reverse of the margin corners, other minor defects, framed; and [Classical Figure Studies] by CHARLES KNIGHT after C.M. METZ--soft-ground etching, 1797, on wove paper, with margins, staining, surface soiling and creasing throughout, tears and a few small paper losses in the margins, laid down, other minor defects (3)
Remains of the Basilica of Gaius and Lucius, from Il Campo Marzio dell'Antica Roma (W.-E. 576)
etching, 1762, on laid paper, watermark Double-Encircled Fleur-de-Lys, from a contemporary Roman Edition, with margins, pale scattered foxing, minor surface soiling and soft creasing showing mostly in the margins and on the reverse, two small holes in the bottom margin, the right margin folded back 1 1/8-inch, framed; and [Jason Offering the Golden Fleece to Mars], by FONTAINEBLEAU SCHOOL--etching, circa 1600, on laid paper, with an indistinct watermark, with narrow margins, a small hole and several pinholes at left, a paper imperfection at bottom right, several skinned patches on the reverse, some pale staining at the reverse of the margin corners, other minor defects, framed; and [Classical Figure Studies] by CHARLES KNIGHT after C.M. METZ--soft-ground etching, 1797, on wove paper, with margins, staining, surface soiling and creasing throughout, tears and a few small paper losses in the margins, laid down, other minor defects (3)