Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Lot 222 Property from a Private English Collection

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Parte di Ampio magnifico Porto

Closed9 December 2015

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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.

With Wynne Jewdwine, London.
Sotheby's, London, 28 March 1974, lot 84.