$840
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778) Four Engravings: Veduta della Piazza di Monte Cavallo, Veduta degli avanzi superiori delle Terme di Diocleziano, Altra Veduta del Tempio della Sibilla in Tivoli , and Villa Panfili All signed in the plate. Etching and engraving on paper, plate sizes to 19 1/2 x 27 3/4 in. (49.3 x 70.5 cm), framed (one without glass). Condition: Rippling, toning, scattered minor foxing, Tempio della Sibilla affixed to window mat with clear plastic tape and with a 2 1/4 in. (6.0 cm) tear to u.r. margin that extends into the image by 3/8 in. (0.5 cm), others not examined out of frames. Literature: Luigi Ficacci, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The Complete Etchings (Koln: Taschen, 2000), with the following references: Monte Cavallo (Ficacci, 974), Terme di Diocleziano (Ficacci, 986), Villa Panfili (Ficacci, 995), Tempio della Sibilla (Ficacci, 933).
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-07-12
