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Lot 202

Giuseppe Vasi (1710-1782)

Prospetto del'Alma Città di Roma visto del Monte Gianicolo

Closed16 September 2009

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Giuseppe Vasi (1710-1782)
Prospetto del'Alma Città di Roma visto del Monte Gianicolo
etching on laid paper, with margins, printed on 12 sheets, originally published 1765, a good later impression
S. 41½ x 103in. (105.5 x 261.5cm.)

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VASI'S MAGNIFICENT PANORAMA OF ROME, produced in the course of the 1750s and 1760s with the assistance of Piranesi and others. 'With this splendid panoramic view of Rome, it is possible truly to have a precise idea of the city in the 18th century' (Frutaz).