Elizabeth Harvey-Lee

GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI (1720-1778)
Ara Antica (1747 Italy)

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GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI (1720-1778)

Etching.

Lettered with the title and Piranesi's name.

Unidentified collector's mark verso, initials SLK in a circle in pale green.

Andrew Robison: PIRANESI. EARLY ARCHITECTURAL FANTASIES. A catalogue Raisonne of the Etchings. 1986.

Generally very good condition.
A few accidental ink spots at the very edge of the plate. One tiny pinprick hole. A little soiled in the right margin.

Original etching, 1747.
(Reference: Robison 18 i/iv)
A fine early impression, printed 1747-48. On laid paper with an ornamental Z watermark (Robison 47), typical of the Venetian paper used for printing the 3rd to 5th issues of the First Edition of "Prima Parte de Architettura e Prospettive inventate ed incise da Gio Batta Piranesi, architetto Veneziano".