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Property from a Private English Collection
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Parte di Ampio magnifico Porto
Details
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Parte di Ampio magnifico Porto
etching, engraving and drypoint, circa 1750, on laid paper, watermark Fleur-de-Lys in a single Circle (probably Robison 2), a fine impression of the second state (of eight), before the text, from the First Edition, with wide margins, with the usual vertical central fold, generally in good condition, framed
P. 398 x 548 mm., S. 525 x 706 mm.
Parte di Ampio magnifico Porto
etching, engraving and drypoint, circa 1750, on laid paper, watermark Fleur-de-Lys in a single Circle (probably Robison 2), a fine impression of the second state (of eight), before the text, from the First Edition, with wide margins, with the usual vertical central fold, generally in good condition, framed
P. 398 x 548 mm., S. 525 x 706 mm.
Provenance
With Wynne Jewdwine, London.
Sotheby's, London, 28 March 1974, lot 84.
Sotheby's, London, 28 March 1974, lot 84.
Literature
Focillon 122; Robison 26
Brought to you by
Charlie Scott