Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Forum of Augustus
Estimate: 500 - 700 GBP
Price realised: 512 GBP
Price realised: 512 GBP
Description
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)
The Forum of Augustus (Hind 42)
Etching, 1757, on heavy laid paper, watermark double circle with fleur-de-lys, Hind's second state (of seven); together with Philip Galle (Dutch, 1537-1612) after Hendrick van Cleve (Flemish (ca. 1525-1589) Forum Bovarium Engraving, after 1551, on laid paper, trimmed inside the borderline; Luigi Rossini (Italian, 1790-1857) Veduta Generale dei Gran Colossi sul Monte Quirinale Etching, 1819, on wove paper, the full sheet; M. Morin after Charles Louis Clérisseau (French, 1721-1820) The Ruins of the Temple of Faustina Etching, circa 1756, on laid paper; together with six small etchings from Raccolta di 320 Vedute sì antiche, che moderne della città di Roma, circa 1800
Plate 402 x 612mm (15 7/8 x 24 1/8in)(and smaller)(10)
The Collection of Dwight Miller, USA. | Thence by descent to the present owner.
The Forum of Augustus (Hind 42)
Etching, 1757, on heavy laid paper, watermark double circle with fleur-de-lys, Hind's second state (of seven); together with Philip Galle (Dutch, 1537-1612) after Hendrick van Cleve (Flemish (ca. 1525-1589) Forum Bovarium Engraving, after 1551, on laid paper, trimmed inside the borderline; Luigi Rossini (Italian, 1790-1857) Veduta Generale dei Gran Colossi sul Monte Quirinale Etching, 1819, on wove paper, the full sheet; M. Morin after Charles Louis Clérisseau (French, 1721-1820) The Ruins of the Temple of Faustina Etching, circa 1756, on laid paper; together with six small etchings from Raccolta di 320 Vedute sì antiche, che moderne della città di Roma, circa 1800
Plate 402 x 612mm (15 7/8 x 24 1/8in)(and smaller)(10)
The Collection of Dwight Miller, USA. | Thence by descent to the present owner.
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